diff --git a/hy/contrib/hy_repr.hy b/hy/contrib/hy_repr.hy
index 8d67522..c414ffe 100644
--- a/hy/contrib/hy_repr.hy
+++ b/hy/contrib/hy_repr.hy
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 (import
   [math [isnan]]
+  re
   [hy._compat [PY3 str-type bytes-type long-type]]
   [hy.models [HyObject HyExpression HySymbol HyKeyword HyInteger HyFloat HyComplex HyList HyDict HySet HyString HyBytes]])
 
@@ -101,6 +102,14 @@
 (hy-repr-register fraction (fn [x]
   (.format "{}/{}" (hy-repr x.numerator) (hy-repr x.denominator))))
 
+(setv matchobject-type (type (re.match "" "")))
+(hy-repr-register matchobject-type (fn [x]
+  (.format "<{}.{} object; :span {} :match {}>"
+    matchobject-type.__module__
+    matchobject-type.__name__
+    (hy-repr (.span x))
+    (hy-repr (.group x 0)))))
+
 (for [[types fmt] (partition [
     list "[...]"
     [set HySet] "#{...}"
diff --git a/tests/native_tests/contrib/hy_repr.hy b/tests/native_tests/contrib/hy_repr.hy
index 076c16b..a295cec 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/contrib/hy_repr.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/contrib/hy_repr.hy
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@
     (+ "{" (.join "  " p) "}")
     [p (permutations ["1 2" "3 [4 {...}]" "6 7"])]))))
 
+(defn test-matchobject []
+  (import re)
+  (setv mo (re.search "b+" "aaaabbbccc"))
+  (assert (= (hy-repr mo)
+    (.format
+      #[[<{}.SRE_Match object; :span {} :match "bbb">]]
+      (. (type mo) __module__)
+      (if PY3 "(, 4 7)" "(, (int 4) (int 7))")))))
+
 (defn test-hy-repr-custom []
 
   (defclass C [object])