diff --git a/src/ast.js b/src/ast.js
index 11c52a1..1264103 100644
--- a/src/ast.js
+++ b/src/ast.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ exports.BooleanLiteral = makeNodeConstructor("booleanLiteral", ["value"]);
 exports.ObjectLiteral = makeNodeConstructor("objectLiteral", ["pairs"]);
 exports.ArrayLiteral = makeNodeConstructor("arrayLiteral", ["items"]);
 exports.FunctionLiteral = makeNodeConstructor("functionLiteral", ["args", "statements"]);
+exports.ThisVariable = makeNodeConstructor("thisVariable", ["keyword"]);
 exports.Variable = makeNodeConstructor("variable", ["identifier"]);
 exports.Invocation = makeNodeConstructor("invocation", ["expression", "args"]);
 exports.Refinement = makeNodeConstructor("refinement", ["expression", "key"]);
diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index 66364ac..91b9698 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -443,9 +443,9 @@ var arrayLiteral = function (input) {
   return p(input);
 };
 
-var variable = decorate(identifier, function (i) {
-  return AST.Variable(i);
-});
+var thisVariable = decorate(keyword("this"), AST.ThisVariable);
+
+var variable = decorate(identifier, AST.Variable);
 
 var functionLiteral = function (input) {
   var args = parens(sepBy(symbol(","), identifier));
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ var expr = function (input) {
     objectLiteral,
     arrayLiteral,
     functionLiteral,
+    thisVariable,
     variable,
     parens(expr)
   ]);
diff --git a/test/parser_test.js b/test/parser_test.js
index d58f9cc..6018327 100644
--- a/test/parser_test.js
+++ b/test/parser_test.js
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ testParser("'abc'", { stringLiteral: "abc" }, parser.expr);
 testParser('"abc"', { stringLiteral: "abc" }, parser.expr);
 testParser("true", { booleanLiteral: true }, parser.expr);
 testParser("false", { booleanLiteral: false }, parser.expr);
+testParser("this", { thisVariable: "this" }, parser.expr);
 testParser("{}", { objectLiteral: [] }, parser.expr);
 testParser("{x: 2}", { objectLiteral: [["x", { numberLiteral: 2 }]] }, parser.expr);
 testParser('{"x": 2}', { objectLiteral: [["x", { numberLiteral: 2 }]] }, parser.expr);