diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a28d09cf..578a387b8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-02-18  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* syntax/c.syntax: Highlight C++ comments in preprocessor
+	directives.
+	Reported by Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
+
 2003-02-13  Marco Ciampa  <ciampix@libero.it>
 
 	* doc/it/mc.1.in: updated manual following it.po changes.
diff --git a/syntax/c.syntax b/syntax/c.syntax
index f2f1d2dd9..e1a7735bc 100644
--- a/syntax/c.syntax
+++ b/syntax/c.syntax
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ context exclusive // \n brown
 context linestart # \n brightred
     keyword \\\n yellow
     keyword /\**\*/ brown
+    keyword //*\n brown
     keyword "+" red
     keyword <+> red