diff --git a/.config/espanso/match/base.yml b/.config/espanso/match/base.yml
index 6e5ef318..eea46705 100644
--- a/.config/espanso/match/base.yml
+++ b/.config/espanso/match/base.yml
@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ matches:
         params:
           cmd: "~/scripts/piecewise ; echo ''"
 
+  - trigger: ";align"
+    force_clipboard: true
+    replace: "{{output}}"
+    vars:
+      - name: output
+        type: shell
+        params:
+          cmd: "~/scripts/align ; echo ''"
+
   - trigger: ";<h1"
     force_clipboard: true
     replace: "<h1> </h1>"
diff --git a/scripts/align b/scripts/align
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..64aee155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/align
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cat <<EOM
+\$$
+\begin{align*}
+\end{align*}
+\$$
+EOM