diff --git a/syntax/c.nanorc b/syntax/c.nanorc
index 35374803..c8c7259b 100644
--- a/syntax/c.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/c.nanorc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Here is an example for C/C++.
 
 syntax c "\.([ch](pp|xx)?|C|cc|c\+\+|cu|H|hh|ii?)$"
+header "-\*-.*\<C(\+\+)?((;|\s).*)?-\*-"
 magic "^(C|C\+\+) (source|program)"
 comment "//"