diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index cd9e36f8..b190e616 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
         selmer/selmer {:mvn/version "1.12.44"}
         com.taoensso/timbre {:mvn/version "5.1.2"}
         org.clojure/tools.logging {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
-        org.clojure/data.priority-map {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}}
+        org.clojure/data.priority-map {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
+        instaparse/instaparse {:mvn/version "1.4.10"}}
  :aliases {:babashka/dev
            {:main-opts ["-m" "babashka.main"]}
            :profile
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index dbeff965..db6cbeb6 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
                  [org.clojure/core.async "1.5.648"]
                  [org.clojure/test.check "1.1.1"]
                  [com.github.clj-easy/graal-build-time "0.1.0"]
-                 [rewrite-clj/rewrite-clj "1.0.699-alpha"]]
+                 [rewrite-clj/rewrite-clj "1.0.699-alpha"]
+                 [instaparse/instaparse "1.4.10"]]
   :plugins       [[org.kipz/lein-meta-bom "0.1.1"]]
   :metabom {:jar-name "metabom.jar"}
   :profiles {:feature/xml  {:source-paths ["feature-xml"]
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/instaparse.clj b/src/babashka/impl/instaparse.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b83a89f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/instaparse.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+(ns babashka.impl.instaparse
+  (:require [instaparse.core :as insta]
+            [instaparse.combinators-source :as source]
+            [sci.core :as sci]))
+
+(def ins (sci/create-ns 'instaparse.core))
+
+(def instaparse-namespace
+  {'defparser (sci/copy-var insta/defparser ins)
+   'map->Parser (sci/copy-var insta/map->Parser ins)
+   'parser (sci/copy-var insta/parser ins)
+   'transform (sci/copy-var insta/transform ins)})
+
+(def sns (sci/create-ns 'instaparse.combinators-source))
+
+(def instaparse.combinators-source-namespace
+  {'regexp (sci/copy-var source/regexp sns)})
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 6a3cf951..a899e8c5 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
 
 (def clojure-main-ns (sci/create-ns 'clojure.main))
 
+(require 'babashka.impl.instaparse)
+
 (def namespaces
   (cond->
       {'user {'*input* (reify
@@ -440,7 +442,11 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
                              'clojure.tools.logging.readable
                              @(resolve 'babashka.impl.logging/tools-logging-readable-namespace))
     features/priority-map? (assoc 'clojure.data.priority-map
-                                  @(resolve 'babashka.impl.priority-map/priority-map-namespace))))
+                                  @(resolve 'babashka.impl.priority-map/priority-map-namespace))
+    true (assoc 'instaparse.core
+                @(resolve 'babashka.impl.instaparse/instaparse-namespace)
+                'instaparse.combinators-source
+                @(resolve 'babashka.impl.instaparse/instaparse.combinators-source-namespace))))
 
 (def edn-readers (cond-> {}
                    features/yaml?