diff --git a/autoload/lsp.vim b/autoload/lsp.vim
index 1ab073f1c..94b89bf42 100644
--- a/autoload/lsp.vim
+++ b/autoload/lsp.vim
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ function! s:on_text_document_did_open() abort
     call lsp#log('s:on_text_document_did_open()', l:buf, &filetype, getcwd(), lsp#utils#get_buffer_uri(l:buf))
     for l:server_name in lsp#get_whitelisted_servers()
         call s:ensure_flush(l:buf, l:server_name, function('s:Noop'))
+        if g:lsp_hover_balloon_eval
+            setlocal ballooneval balloonexpr=lsp#ui#vim#hover#balloon()
+        endif
     endfor
 endfunction
 
diff --git a/autoload/lsp/ui/vim/hover.vim b/autoload/lsp/ui/vim/hover.vim
index 4166d7783..a0ef8cef4 100644
--- a/autoload/lsp/ui/vim/hover.vim
+++ b/autoload/lsp/ui/vim/hover.vim
@@ -2,6 +2,44 @@ function! s:not_supported(what) abort
     return lsp#utils#error(a:what.' not supported for '.&filetype)
 endfunction
 
+function! lsp#ui#vim#hover#balloon() abort
+    let l:servers = filter(lsp#get_whitelisted_servers(), 'lsp#capabilities#has_hover_provider(v:val)')
+
+    if len(l:servers) == 0
+        echom 'Retrieving hover not supported for ' . &filetype
+        return ''
+    endif
+
+    for l:server in l:servers
+        call lsp#send_request(l:server, {
+            \ 'method': 'textDocument/hover',
+            \ 'params': {
+            \   'textDocument': lsp#get_text_document_identifier(),
+            \   'position': { 'line': v:beval_lnum - 1, 'character': v:beval_col - 1 }
+            \ },
+            \ 'on_notification': function('s:handle_balloon', [l:server]),
+            \ })
+    endfor
+
+    echom 'Retrieving hover ...'
+    return ''
+endfunction
+
+function! s:handle_balloon(server, data) abort
+    if lsp#client#is_error(a:data['response'])
+        call lsp#utils#error('Failed to retrieve hover information for ' . a:server)
+        return
+    endif
+
+    if !has_key(a:data['response'], 'result')
+        return
+    endif
+
+    let l:contents = a:data['response']['result']['contents']
+
+    call balloon_show(l:contents.value)
+endfunction
+
 function! lsp#ui#vim#hover#get_hover_under_cursor() abort
     let l:servers = filter(lsp#get_whitelisted_servers(), 'lsp#capabilities#has_hover_provider(v:val)')
 
diff --git a/plugin/lsp.vim b/plugin/lsp.vim
index e7b723b0d..fce926499 100644
--- a/plugin/lsp.vim
+++ b/plugin/lsp.vim
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ endif
 let g:lsp_loaded = 1
 
 let g:lsp_auto_enable = get(g:, 'lsp_auto_enable', 1)
+let g:lsp_hover_balloon_eval = get(g:, 'lsp_hover_balloon_eval', has('balloon_eval'))
 let g:lsp_async_completion = get(g:, 'lsp_async_completion', 0)
 let g:lsp_log_file = get(g:, 'lsp_log_file', '')
 let g:lsp_log_verbose = get(g:, 'lsp_log_verbose', 1)