diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 72d9a1d3..8bd06820 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ updated languages:
 *  ur (Urdu) -- Ejaz Shah
 *  zh (Chinese) -- Silas S. Brown
 
+new languages:
+*  uk (Ukrainian) -- Valdis Vitolins
+
 ### 1.50 - 2019-11-29
 
 *  Add a `--disable-rpath` option to prevent libtool hardcoding rpaths in the executable.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3cd2ef5d..797bb8ae 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ dictionaries: \
 	espeak-ng-data/tr_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/tt_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/ur_dict \
+	espeak-ng-data/uk_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/uz_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/vi_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/zh_dict \
@@ -834,6 +835,9 @@ espeak-ng-data/tr_dict: dictsource/tr_list dictsource/tr_rules dictsource/tr_ext
 tt: espeak-ng-data/tt_dict
 espeak-ng-data/tt_dict: dictsource/tt_list dictsource/tt_rules dictsource/tt_extra
 
+uk: espeak-ng-data/uk_dict
+espeak-ng-data/uk_dict: dictsource/uk_list dictsource/uk_rules dictsource/uk_extra
+
 ur: espeak-ng-data/ur_dict
 espeak-ng-data/ur_dict: dictsource/ur_list dictsource/ur_rules dictsource/ur_extra dictsource/ur_emoji
 
diff --git a/dictsource/uk_list b/dictsource/uk_list
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d81b9ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dictsource/uk_list
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// This file is UTF8 encoded
+// Spelling-to-phoneme words for Ukrainian
+
+// Letter names
+а       a
+_б      bE
+б       bE  $atend
+_в      vE
+в       vE  $atend
+г       gE
+ґ       gE
+д       dE
+е       e
+є       je
+_ж      ZE
+ж       ZE  $atend
+з       zE
+и       i
+і       i
+ї       ji
+й       jot
+к       kA
+л       El
+м       Em
+н       En_
+о       o
+п       pE
+р       Er
+_с      Es
+с       Es  $atend
+т       tE
+у       u
+ф       Ef
+х       xA
+ц       tsE
+ч       tS;e
+ш       SA
+щ       S;ja
+ь       m;'jak;I#jzn'Ak
+ю       ju
+я       ja
+
+// Numbers
+_0     nul;j
+_1     od;'in
+_2     dv'a
+_3     tR;'i
+_4     tS;otiR;i
+_5     p;j'at;
+_6     S'is;t;
+_7     s;'im
+_8     v'is;im
+_9     d;'evjat;
+_10    d;'esjat;
+_11    od;'inadtsjat;
+_12    dv;'anadtsjat;
+_13    trin'adtsjat;
+_14    tSot'irnadtsjat;
+_15    pjatn'adtsjat;
+_16    Sistn'adtsjat;
+_17    simn'adtsjat;
+_18    visimn'adtsjat;
+_19    d;ev;jatn'adtsjat;
+_2X    dv'adtsjat;
+_3X    tr'idtsjat;
+_4X    s'orok
+_5X    pjatdesj'at;
+_6X    Sistdesj'at;
+_7X    s;imd;es;jat;
+_8X    vis;imdesj;at;
+_9X    d;ev;jan'osto
+_0C    st'o
+_2C    dv;'es;t;I
+_3C    tr;'ista
+_4C    tS;It'yr;esta
+_5C    p;,It;s'ot
+_6C    S,es;t;s'ot
+_7C    s;,Ims'ot
+_8C    vOs;Ims'ot
+_9C    d;ev;Vts'ot
+_0M1   t'isjatSa
+_dpt   _:'i_:
diff --git a/dictsource/uk_rules b/dictsource/uk_rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80e0c2dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dictsource/uk_rules
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// This file is UTF8 encoded
+// Translation rules for Ukrainian
+
+// Special characters:
+// A  vowel:                   а е ё и о у ы э ю я ә ө ұ ү і
+// B  soft consonant:          ь й ч щ
+// C  any consonant:           б в г д ж з й к л м н п р с т ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ь қ ң һ
+// F  consonant, not hard:     б в г д з й к л м н п р с т ф х ч щ ь
+// G  voiced:                  б в г д ж з
+// H  hard consonant:          ъ ж ц ш
+// Y  iotated vowel, softsign: ь ю я ё
+
+.group а
+       а       a
+
+.group б
+       б       b
+
+.group в
+       в       v
+
+.group г
+       г       g
+
+.group д
+       д       d
+
+.group е
+       е       e
+
+.group є
+       є       e
+
+.group ж
+       ж       Z
+
+.group з
+       з       z
+
+.group и
+       и       i
+
+.group і
+       і       i
+
+.group ї
+       ї       i
+
+
+.group й
+       й       j
+
+.group к
+       к       k
+
+.group л
+       л       l
+
+.group м
+       м       m
+
+.group н
+       н       n
+
+.group о
+       о       o
+
+.group п
+       п       p
+
+.group р
+       р       r
+
+.group с
+       с       s
+
+.group т
+       т       t
+
+.group у
+       у       u
+
+.group ф
+       ф       f
+
+.group х
+       х       x
+
+.group ц
+       ц       ts
+
+.group ч
+       ч       tS;
+
+.group ш
+       ш       S
+
+.group щ
+       щ       S;
+
+.group ь
+       ь       ;
+
+.group ю
+       ю       ju
+
+.group я
+       я       ja
+
diff --git a/espeak-ng-data/lang/zle/uk b/espeak-ng-data/lang/zle/uk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9c53661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/espeak-ng-data/lang/zle/uk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name Ukrainian
+language uk
+status testing
diff --git a/phsource/phonemes b/phsource/phonemes
index fd0fc127..f429be78 100644
--- a/phsource/phonemes
+++ b/phsource/phonemes
@@ -1996,6 +1996,8 @@ include ph_serbian
 phonemetable ru-lv ru
 include ph_russian_lv
 
+phonemetable uk ru
+
 phonemetable az tr
 include ph_azerbaijani
 
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c b/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
index 3b958d4d..0638b9aa 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
@@ -1488,8 +1488,7 @@ Translator *SelectTranslator(const char *name)
 		break;
 	case L('u', 'k'): // Ukrainian
 	{
-		SetCyrillicLetters(tr);
-		tr->langopts.param[LOPT_UNPRONOUNCABLE] = 0x432; // [v]  don't count this character at start of word
+		Translator_Russian(tr);
 	}
 		break;
 	case L('u', 'r'): // Urdu