diff --git a/rc/filetype/sh.kak b/rc/filetype/sh.kak
index 47136952..ca80ae1f 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/sh.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/sh.kak
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ evaluate-commands %sh{
 
 add-highlighter shared/sh/code/operators regex [\[\]\(\)&|]{1,2} 0:operator
 add-highlighter shared/sh/code/variable regex ((?<![-:])\b\w+)= 1:variable
-add-highlighter shared/sh/code/function regex ^\h*(\w+)\h*\(\) 1:function
+add-highlighter shared/sh/code/alias regex \balias(\h+[-+]\w)*\h+([\w-.]+)= 2:variable
+add-highlighter shared/sh/code/function regex ^\h*(\S+)\h*\(\) 1:function
 
 add-highlighter shared/sh/code/unscoped_expansion regex \$(\w+|#|@|\?|\$|!|-|\*) 0:value
 add-highlighter shared/sh/double_string/expansion regex \$(\w+|\{.+?\}) 0:value