diff --git a/rc/core/c-family.kak b/rc/core/c-family.kak
index 3fe07b84..734e6643 100644
--- a/rc/core/c-family.kak
+++ b/rc/core/c-family.kak
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ evaluate-commands %sh{
             add-highlighter shared/FT/comment region /\* \*/ fill comment
             add-highlighter shared/FT/line_comment region // (?<!\\)(?=\n) fill comment
             add-highlighter shared/FT/disabled region -recurse "#\h*if(?:def)?" ^\h*?#\h*if\h+(?:0|FALSE)\b "#\h*(?:else|elif|endif)" fill rgb:666666
-            add-highlighter shared/FT/macro region %{^\h*?\K#} %{(?<!\\)(?=\n)} group
+            add-highlighter shared/FT/macro region %{^\h*?\K#} %{(?<!\\)(?=\n)|(?=//)} group
 
             add-highlighter shared/FT/macro/ fill meta
             add-highlighter shared/FT/macro/ regex ^\h*#include\h+(\S*) 1:module