diff --git a/ast/nodes.expressions.cs b/ast/nodes.expressions.cs
index 088b9ad..703e357 100644
--- a/ast/nodes.expressions.cs
+++ b/ast/nodes.expressions.cs
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ namespace arookas
 		public sunExpression TrueBody { get { return this[1] as sunExpression; } }
 		public sunExpression FalseBody { get { return this[2] as sunExpression; } }
 
-		public sunTernaryOperator(sunSourceLocation node)
-			: base(node)
+		public sunTernaryOperator(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
 		{
 
 		}
@@ -119,4 +119,90 @@ namespace arookas
 			context.Text.ClosePoint(trueEpilogue);
 		}
 	}
+	
+	// increment/decrement
+	class sunPostfixAugment : sunOperand
+	{
+		public sunIdentifier Variable { get { return this[0] as sunIdentifier; } }
+		public sunAugment Operator { get { return this[1] as sunAugment; } }
+
+		public sunPostfixAugment(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
+		{
+
+		}
+
+		public override void Compile(sunContext context)
+		{
+			var variableInfo = context.ResolveVariable(Variable);
+			if (Parent is sunOperand)
+			{
+				context.Text.PushVariable(variableInfo);
+			}
+			Operator.Compile(context, variableInfo);
+			context.Text.StoreVariable(variableInfo);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class sunPrefixAugment : sunOperand
+	{
+		public sunAugment Operator { get { return this[0] as sunAugment; } }
+		public sunIdentifier Variable { get { return this[1] as sunIdentifier; } }
+
+		public sunPrefixAugment(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
+		{
+
+		}
+
+		public override void Compile(sunContext context)
+		{
+			var variableInfo = context.ResolveVariable(Variable);
+			Operator.Compile(context, variableInfo);
+			context.Text.StoreVariable(variableInfo);
+			if (Parent is sunOperand)
+			{
+				context.Text.PushVariable(variableInfo);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	abstract class sunAugment : sunNode
+	{
+		protected sunAugment(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
+		{
+
+		}
+
+		public abstract void Compile(sunContext context, sunVariableInfo variable);
+	}
+
+	class sunIncrement : sunAugment
+	{
+		public sunIncrement(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
+		{
+
+		}
+
+		public override void Compile(sunContext context, sunVariableInfo variable)
+		{
+			context.Text.IncVariable(variable);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class sunDecrement : sunAugment
+	{
+		public sunDecrement(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location)
+		{
+
+		}
+
+		public override void Compile(sunContext context, sunVariableInfo variable)
+		{
+			context.Text.DecVariable(variable);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/language.md b/language.md
index da95be7..675b4a6 100644
--- a/language.md
+++ b/language.md
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ Loops may be named. To name a loop, simply prefix the loop with a label. `break`
 
 ```
 outer_loop:
-for (var a; a < 4; a += 1) {
-    for (var b; b < 4; b += 1) {
+for (var a; a < 4; ++a) {
+    for (var b; b < 4; ++b) {
         if (b == 2) break outer_loop;
     }
 }
diff --git a/parser.cs b/parser.cs
index ca6c1b8..839d40f 100644
--- a/parser.cs
+++ b/parser.cs
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ namespace arookas
 					case __sunConstants.STATEMENT:
 					case __sunConstants.COMPOUND_STATEMENT:
 					case __sunConstants.COMPOUND_STATEMENT_ITEM:
+					case __sunConstants.VARIABLE_AUGMENT:
 					case __sunConstants.ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR:
 					case __sunConstants.BINARY_OPERATOR:
 					case __sunConstants.UNARY_OPERATOR:
+					case __sunConstants.AUGMENT_OPERATOR:
 					case __sunConstants.TERM:
 					case __sunConstants.PARAMETER:
 					case __sunConstants.ARGUMENT_LIST:
@@ -162,10 +164,14 @@ namespace arookas
 				case __sunConstants.ASSIGN_BIT_LSH: return new sunAssignBitLsh(location);
 				case __sunConstants.ASSIGN_BIT_RSH: return new sunAssignBitRsh(location);
 
+				case __sunConstants.INCREMENT: return new sunIncrement(location);
+				case __sunConstants.DECREMENT: return new sunDecrement(location);
+
 				case __sunConstants.ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR: return new sunNode(location);
 				case __sunConstants.TERNARY_OPERATOR: return new sunTernaryOperator(location);
 				case __sunConstants.BINARY_OPERATOR: return new sunNode(location);
 				case __sunConstants.UNARY_OPERATOR: return new sunNode(location);
+				case __sunConstants.AUGMENT_OPERATOR: return new sunNode(location);
 			}
 
 			// expressions
@@ -180,6 +186,9 @@ namespace arookas
 				case __sunConstants.INT_CAST: return new sunIntCast(location);
 				case __sunConstants.FLOAT_CAST: return new sunFloatCast(location);
 				case __sunConstants.TYPEOF_CAST: return new sunTypeofCast(location);
+
+				case __sunConstants.PREFIX_AUGMENT: return new sunPrefixAugment(location);
+				case __sunConstants.POSTFIX_AUGMENT: return new sunPostfixAugment(location);
 			}
 
 			// builtins
@@ -207,6 +216,7 @@ namespace arookas
 				case __sunConstants.VARIABLE_DECLARATION: return new sunVariableDeclaration(location);
 				case __sunConstants.VARIABLE_DEFINITION: return new sunVariableDefinition(location);
 				case __sunConstants.VARIABLE_ASSIGNMENT: return new sunVariableAssignment(location);
+				case __sunConstants.VARIABLE_AUGMENT: return new sunNode(location);
 			}
 
 			// constants
diff --git a/sunscript.grammar b/sunscript.grammar
index d90c0ff..0a5a18e 100644
--- a/sunscript.grammar
+++ b/sunscript.grammar
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ ASSIGN_BIT_OR					= "|="
 ASSIGN_BIT_LSH					= "<<="
 ASSIGN_BIT_RSH					= ">>="
 
+INCREMENT						= "++"
+DECREMENT						= "--"
+
 // literals
 IDENTIFIER						= <<[_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*>>
 DEC_NUMBER						= <<-?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+>>
@@ -138,6 +141,7 @@ compound_statement_item			=
 								variable_definition |
 								variable_declaration |
 								variable_assignment |
+								variable_augment |
 								print_statement |
 								function_call;
 statement_block					= L_BRACE {statement} R_BRACE;
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ binary_operator					=
 								EQ | NEQ | LT | LTEQ | GT | GTEQ | // comparison
 								LOG_AND | LOG_OR; // logical
 unary_operator					= LOG_NOT | SUB;
+augment_operator				= INCREMENT | DECREMENT;
 
 // expressions
 expression						= operand {binary_operator operand};
@@ -171,6 +176,7 @@ term							=
 								typeof_cast |
 								function_call |
 								variable_reference |
+								variable_augment |
 								STRING |
 								DEC_NUMBER |
 								HEX_NUMBER |
@@ -194,6 +200,10 @@ variable_reference				= IDENTIFIER; // used in expressions
 variable_declaration			= VAR IDENTIFIER;
 variable_definition				= VAR IDENTIFIER assignment_operator expression;
 variable_assignment				= IDENTIFIER assignment_operator expression;
+variable_augment				= postfix_augment | prefix_augment;
+
+postfix_augment					= IDENTIFIER augment_operator;
+prefix_augment					= augment_operator IDENTIFIER;
 
 // functions
 function_definition				= FUNCTION IDENTIFIER parameter_list statement_block;