diff --git a/rc/filetype/ruby.kak b/rc/filetype/ruby.kak
index 2be1291a..20cfc82b 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/ruby.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/ruby.kak
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ add-highlighter shared/ruby/              region -recurse \( '%[iqrswxIQRSWX]?\(
 add-highlighter shared/ruby/              region -recurse \{ '%[iqrswxIQRSWX]?\{' \} fill meta
 add-highlighter shared/ruby/              region -recurse \[ '%[iqrswxIQRSWX]?\[' \] fill meta
 add-highlighter shared/ruby/              region -recurse  < '%[iqrswxIQRSWX]?<'   > fill meta
+add-highlighter shared/ruby/              region -match-capture '%[iqrswxIQRSWX]?([^0-9A-Za-z\(\{\[<>\]\}\)])' ([^0-9A-Za-z\(\{\[<>\]\}\)]) fill meta
 add-highlighter shared/ruby/heredoc region '<<[-~]?(?!self)(\w+)'      '^\h*(\w+)$' fill string
 add-highlighter shared/ruby/division region '[\w\)\]]\K(/|(\h+/\h+))' '\w' group # Help Kakoune to better detect /…/ literals