diff --git a/cheat b/cheat
index af4e153..2f5062d 100755
--- a/cheat
+++ b/cheat
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+from pygments import highlight
+from pygments.util import ClassNotFound
+from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_for_filename, TextLexer
+from pygments.formatters import TerminalFormatter
+
 
 def cheat_directories():
     "Assembles a list of directories containing cheatsheets."
@@ -58,13 +63,30 @@ def main():
     # print the cheatsheet if it exists
     if keyphrase in cheatsheets:
         filename = os.path.join(cheatsheets[keyphrase], keyphrase)
-        with open(filename, 'r') as cheatsheet:
-            print cheatsheet.read()
+        pretty_print(filename)
 
     # if it does not, say so
     else:
         print 'No cheatsheet found for %s.' % keyphrase
 
 
+def pretty_print(filename):
+    try:
+        if os.path.splitext(filename)[1]:
+            lexer = get_lexer_for_filename(filename)
+        else:
+            # shell is a sensible default when there is no extension
+            lexer = get_lexer_for_filename(filename + '.sh')
+
+    except ClassNotFound:
+        lexer = TextLexer()
+
+    with open(filename) as istream:
+        code = istream.read()
+
+    fmt = TerminalFormatter()
+    highlight(code, lexer, fmt, sys.stdout)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index af240f9..4b10199 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import os
 
 setup(name='cheat',
       version='1.0',
-      description='Create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line',
+      description='Create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line',  # nopep8
       author='Chris Lane',
       author_email='chris@chris-allen-lane.com',
       url='https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat',
       packages=['cheatsheets'],
       package_data={'cheatsheets': [f for f in os.listdir('cheatsheets')
                                     if '.' not in f]},
+      install_requires=['Pygments>=1.6'],
       scripts=['cheat']
      )