diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b455d5b1f91d980654f15bc9e2566e49c4698ae..5da9090f9c5d49ae70e9588b82b1c17601855f29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ zigmod add <type> <path>
 
 #### Available `fetch` types
 - `git`
+- `hg`
 
 ### `fetch` command
 ```
diff --git a/src/cmd_fetch.zig b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
index bfb6bb4ffa63607b215487c1d7c681f5b04047bb..dba027fc7a1088af9f607af8e18d09a9ddd83d35 100644
--- a/src/cmd_fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ fn fetch_deps(dir: []const u8, mpath: []const u8) anyerror!u.Module {
                     try run_cmd(p, &[_][]const u8{"git", "pull"});
                 }
             },
+            .hg => {
+                if (!try u.does_file_exist(p)) {
+                    try run_cmd(null, &[_][]const u8{"hg", "clone", d.path, p});
+                }
+                else {
+                    try run_cmd(p, &[_][]const u8{"hg", "pull"});
+                }
+            },
         }
         switch (d.type) {
             else => {
diff --git a/src/util/dep_type.zig b/src/util/dep_type.zig
index f46758f4274c5e5b71108a67e9b6dbfaaa25b58e..9c0c5e0c240c678e48825c928fd96969b2d133e9 100644
--- a/src/util/dep_type.zig
+++ b/src/util/dep_type.zig
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ const u = @import("index.zig");
 
 pub const DepType = enum {
     git,        // https://git-scm.com/
+    hg,         // https://www.mercurial-scm.org/
 };