diff --git a/collects/honu/core/main.rkt b/collects/honu/core/main.rkt
index 5fe7fd0a5e..cba733b1dc 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/main.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/main.rkt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
                      [honu-var var]
                      [honu-val val]
                      [honu-for for]
+                     [honu-quote quote]
+                     [honu-quasiquote quasiquote]
                      [honu-+ +] [honu-- -]
                      [honu-* *] [honu-/ /]
                      [honu-^ ^]
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
index ea0fb9acbe..ac15ba3eed 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
@@ -61,6 +61,20 @@
                       (parse #'(rest ...)))
        (values parsed unparsed #t)])))
 
+(provide honu-quote)
+(define-honu-syntax honu-quote
+  (lambda (code context)
+    (syntax-parse code
+      [(_ expression rest ...)
+       (values #'(quote expression) #'(rest ...) #f)])))
+
+(provide honu-quasiquote)
+(define-honu-syntax honu-quasiquote
+  (lambda (code context)
+    (syntax-parse code
+      [(_ expression rest ...)
+       (values #'(quasiquote expression) #'(rest ...) #f)])))
+
 (define-syntax-rule (define-binary-operator name precedence operator)
                     (begin
                       (provide name)
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/read.rkt b/collects/honu/core/read.rkt
index 01b1904e20..c2131c06aa 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/read.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/read.rkt
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
     ["." (token-identifier '|.|)]
     ["," (token-identifier '|,|)]
     ["!" (token-identifier '!)]
+    ["'" (token-identifier 'quote)]
+    ["`" (token-identifier 'quasiquote)]
     ["=" (token-identifier '=)]
     ["*" (token-identifier '*)]
     ["/" (token-identifier '/)]