diff --git a/misc/filehighlight.ini b/misc/filehighlight.ini
index 659f1fd61..ecf6ab87d 100644
--- a/misc/filehighlight.ini
+++ b/misc/filehighlight.ini
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     regexp=(^#.*|.*~$)
 
 [archive]
-    extensions=7z;Z;ace;apk;arc;arj;ark;bz2;cab;deb;gz;lha;lz;lz4;lzh;lzma;rar;rpm;tar;tbz;tbz2;tgz;tlz;txz;tzst;xz;zip;zoo;zst
+    extensions=7z;Z;ace;apk;arc;arj;ark;bz2;cab;cpio;deb;gz;lha;lz;lz4;lzh;lzma;rar;rpm;tar;tbz;tbz2;tgz;tlz;txz;tzst;xz;zip;zoo;zst
 
 [doc]
     extensions=chm;css;ctl;diz;doc;docm;docx;dtd;htm;html;letter;lsm;mail;man;me;msg;nroff;odp;ods;odt;pdf;po;ppt;pptm;pptx;ps;rtf;sgml;shtml;tex;text;txt;xls;xlsm;xlsx;xml;xsd;xslt