diff --git a/rc/filetype/rust.kak b/rc/filetype/rust.kak
index d7addb81..0fc61af2 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/rust.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/rust.kak
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ add-highlighter shared/rust/line_comment     region "//" "$"
 
 add-highlighter shared/rust/macro_attributes region -recurse "\[" "#!?\[" "\]" regions
 add-highlighter shared/rust/macro_attributes/ default-region fill meta
-add-highlighter shared/rust/macro_attributes/inner region %{(?<!')"} (?<!\\)(\\\\)*" fill string
+add-highlighter shared/rust/macro_attributes/string region %{(?<!')"} (?<!\\)(\\\\)*" fill string
+add-highlighter shared/rust/macro_attributes/raw_string region -match-capture %{(?<!')r(#*)"} %{"(#*)} fill string
 
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code/byte_literal         regex "'\\\\?.'" 0:value
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code/long_quoted          regex "('\w+)[^']" 1:meta