diff --git a/doc/pages/keys.asciidoc b/doc/pages/keys.asciidoc
index 3476e8fb..d6a17939 100644
--- a/doc/pages/keys.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/keys.asciidoc
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ is a sequence of non whitespace characters
     same as [ft] but in the other direction
 
 *m*::
-    select to matching character
+    select to matching character, see the `matching_pairs` options
+    in <<doc/pages/options#,`:doc options`>>
 
 *M*::
     extend selection to matching character
diff --git a/doc/pages/options.asciidoc b/doc/pages/options.asciidoc
index e4fcb1e8..678c7caa 100644
--- a/doc/pages/options.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/options.asciidoc
@@ -192,7 +192,12 @@ are exclusively available to built-in options.
 
 *extra_word_chars* `codepoint-list`::
     a list of all additional codepoints that should be considered
-    as word character for the purpose of insert mode completion.
+    as word character.
+
+*matching_pairs* `codepoint-list`::
+    _default_ `(:):{:}:[:]:<:>`
+    a list of codepoints that are to be treated as matching pairs
+    for the *m* command.
 
 *autoreload* `enum(yes|no|ask)`::
     _default_ ask +
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 883ed1ef..6feb37b8 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ static void check_extra_word_chars(const Vector<Codepoint, MemoryDomain::Options
         throw runtime_error{"blanks are not accepted for extra completion characters"};
 }
 
+static void check_matching_pairs(const Vector<Codepoint, MemoryDomain::Options>& pairs)
+{
+    if ((pairs.size() % 2) != 0)
+        throw runtime_error{"matching pairs should have a pair number of element"};
+    if (contains_that(pairs, [](Codepoint c) { return not is_punctuation(c); }))
+        throw runtime_error{"matching pairs can only be punctuation"};
+}
+
 void register_options()
 {
     OptionsRegistry& reg = GlobalScope::instance().option_registry();
@@ -345,6 +353,10 @@ void register_options()
         "extra_word_chars",
         "Additional characters to be considered as words for insert completion",
         {});
+    reg.declare_option<Vector<Codepoint, MemoryDomain::Options>, check_matching_pairs>(
+        "matching_pairs",
+        "set of pair of characters to be considered as matching pairs",
+        { '(', ')', '{', '}', '[', ']', '<', '>' });
 }
 
 static Client* local_client = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/selectors.cc b/src/selectors.cc
index 073a336e..6074e38c 100644
--- a/src/selectors.cc
+++ b/src/selectors.cc
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Optional<Selection>
 select_matching(const Context& context, const Selection& selection)
 {
     auto& buffer = context.buffer();
-    ConstArrayView<Codepoint> matching_pairs = { '(', ')', '{', '}', '[', ']', '<', '>' };
+    auto& matching_pairs = context.options()["matching_pairs"].get<Vector<Codepoint, MemoryDomain::Options>>();
     Utf8Iterator it{buffer.iterator_at(selection.cursor()), buffer};
     auto match = matching_pairs.end();
     while (not is_eol(*it))