diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5c3e076..44df3b58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ name. That seems to be the fairest way to arrange this table.
 | Java | [checkstyle](http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net), [javac](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html) |
 | JavaScript | [eslint](http://eslint.org/), [jscs](http://jscs.info/), [jshint](http://jshint.com/), [flow](https://flowtype.org/), [standard](http://standardjs.com/), [xo](https://github.com/sindresorhus/xo)
 | JSON | [jsonlint](http://zaa.ch/jsonlint/) |
-| Kotlin | [kotlinc](https://kotlinlang.org) see `:help ale-integration-kotlin` for configuration instructions
+| Kotlin | [kotlinc](https://kotlinlang.org), [ktlint](https://ktlint.github.io) see `:help ale-integration-kotlin` for configuration instructions
 | LaTeX | [chktex](http://www.nongnu.org/chktex/), [lacheck](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lacheck), [proselint](http://proselint.com/) |
 | Lua | [luacheck](https://github.com/mpeterv/luacheck) |
 | Markdown | [mdl](https://github.com/mivok/markdownlint), [proselint](http://proselint.com/), [vale](https://github.com/ValeLint/vale) |
diff --git a/ale_linters/kotlin/ktlint.vim b/ale_linters/kotlin/ktlint.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f474e845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ale_linters/kotlin/ktlint.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+" Author: Francis Agyapong <francisagyapong2@gmail.com>
+" Description: Lint kotlin files using ktlint
+
+call ale#Set('kotlin_ktlint_executable', 'ktlint')
+call ale#Set('kotlin_ktlint_rulesets', [])
+call ale#Set('kotlin_ktlint_format', 0)
+
+
+function! ale_linters#kotlin#ktlint#GetCommand(buffer) abort
+    let l:executable = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'kotlin_ktlint_executable')
+    let l:file_path = expand('#' . a:buffer . ':p')
+    let l:options = ''
+
+    " Formmatted content written to original file, not sure how to handle
+    " if ale#Var(a:buffer, 'kotlin_ktlint_format')
+    "     let l:options = l:options . ' --format'
+    " endif
+
+    for l:ruleset in ale#Var(a:buffer, 'kotlin_ktlint_rulesets')
+        let l:options = l:options . ' --ruleset ' . l:ruleset
+    endfor
+
+    return l:executable . ' ' . l:options . ' ' . l:file_path
+endfunction
+
+function! ale_linters#kotlin#ktlint#Handle(buffer, lines) abort
+    let l:message_pattern = '^\(.*\):\([0-9]\+\):\([0-9]\+\):\s\+\(.*\)'
+    let l:output = []
+
+    for l:match in ale#util#GetMatches(a:lines, l:message_pattern)
+        let l:line = l:match[2] + 0
+        let l:column = l:match[3] + 0
+        let l:text = l:match[4]
+
+        let l:type = l:text =~? 'not a valid kotlin file' ? 'E' : 'W'
+
+        call add(l:output, {
+        \   'lnum': l:line,
+        \   'col': l:column,
+        \   'text': l:text,
+        \   'type': l:type
+        \})
+    endfor
+
+    return l:output
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('kotlin', {
+\   'name': 'ktlint',
+\   'executable': 'ktlint',
+\   'command_callback': 'ale_linters#kotlin#ktlint#GetCommand',
+\   'callback': 'ale_linters#kotlin#ktlint#Handle',
+\   'lint_file': 1
+\})
diff --git a/doc/ale-kotlin.txt b/doc/ale-kotlin.txt
index 04efaeaf..07e26393 100644
--- a/doc/ale-kotlin.txt
+++ b/doc/ale-kotlin.txt
@@ -62,4 +62,29 @@ g:ale_kotlin_kotlinc_module_filename     *g:ale_kotlin_kotlinc_module_filename*
   The filename of the module file that the linter should pass to the kotlin
   compiler.
 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ktlint                                                      *ale-kotlin-ktlint*
+
+g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_executable                 *g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_executable*
+  Type: |String|
+  Default: `''`
+
+  The Ktlint executable.
+
+  Posix-compliant shell scripts are the only executables that can be found on
+  Ktlint's github release page. If you are not on such a system, your best
+  bet will be to download the ktlint jar and set this option to something
+  similar to `'java -jar /path/to/ktlint.jar'`
+
+g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_rulesets                     *g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_rulesets*
+  Type: |List| of |String|s
+  Default: []
+
+  This list should contain paths to ruleset jars and/or strings of maven
+  artifact triples. Example:
+  >
+  let g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_rulesets = ['/path/to/custom-rulset.jar',
+  'com.ktlint.rulesets:mycustomrule:1.0.0']
+
   vim:tw=78:ts=2:sts=2:sw=2:ft=help:norl: