diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11e18a4..365c6a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [EditorConfig] plugin for the [`micro`] editor. Works with `micro` v2.
 
+![Syntax Highlight](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/10sr/editorconfig-micro/master/assets/syntax_highlight.png)
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
diff --git a/assets/syntax_highlight.png b/assets/syntax_highlight.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/editorconfig.lua b/editorconfig.lua
index 8fdeb24..f763fe9 100644
--- a/editorconfig.lua
+++ b/editorconfig.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = "1.0.0"
+VERSION = "1.1.0"
 
 local micro = import("micro")
 local microBuffer = import("micro/buffer")
@@ -155,3 +155,7 @@ end
 function init()
     config.AddRuntimeFile("editorconfig", config.RTHelp, "help/editorconfig.md")
 end
+
+-- outside init because we want these options to take effect before
+-- buffers are initialized
+config.AddRuntimeFile("editorconfig", config.RTSyntax, "syntax/editorconfig.yaml")
diff --git a/repo.json b/repo.json
index 93d7787..8ad3c9f 100644
--- a/repo.json
+++ b/repo.json
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
   "Tags": ["editorconfig", "utility", "format"],
   "Website": "https://github.com/10sr/editorconfig-micro",
   "Versions": [
+    {
+      "Version": "1.1.0",
+      "Url": "https://github.com/10sr/editorconfig-micro/archive/v1.1.0.zip",
+      "Require": {
+        "micro": ">=2.0.1"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "Version": "1.0.0",
       "Url": "https://github.com/10sr/editorconfig-micro/archive/v1.0.0.zip",
diff --git a/syntax/editorconfig.yaml b/syntax/editorconfig.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d38ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax/editorconfig.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+filetype: editorconfig
+
+detect:
+    filename: ".?editor-?config(?:config|-conf)?$"
+
+rules:
+    # Supported Properties
+    - statement: "\\b(indent_style|indent_size|tab_width|end_of_line|charset|trim_trailing_whitespace|insert_final_newline|root)\\b"
+    # Values
+    - special: "=\\s?.+"
+    # Files
+    - identifier: "^[[:space:]]*\\[.*\\]$"
+    # Brackets
+    - brightwhite: "\\[|]|{|}|,|="
+    # Wildcard Patterns
+    - statement: "\\*|!|\\?"
+
+    - comment:
+        start: "#"
+        end: "$"
+        rules: []