diff --git a/rc/filetype/elm.kak b/rc/filetype/elm.kak
index 0f50541c..9f44c227 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/elm.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/elm.kak
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ provide-module elm %[
 
 add-highlighter shared/elm               regions
 add-highlighter shared/elm/code          default-region group
+add-highlighter shared/elm/multiline_string region '"""' '"""' fill string
 add-highlighter shared/elm/string        region         '"'     (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"       fill string
 add-highlighter shared/elm/line_comment  region         (--) $                        fill comment
 add-highlighter shared/elm/comment       region         -recurse \{- \{-   -\}        fill comment