diff --git a/rc/filetype/rust.kak b/rc/filetype/rust.kak
index 5b0c0261..a388f8de 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/rust.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/rust.kak
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ add-highlighter shared/rust/code/question_mark          regex \? 0:meta
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code/function_call          regex _?[a-zA-Z]\w*\s*(?=\() 0:function
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code/generic_function_call  regex _?[a-zA-Z]\w*\s*(?=::<) 0:function
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code/function_declaration   regex (?:fn\h+)(_?\w+)(?:<[^>]+?>)?\( 1:function
-add-highlighter shared/rust/code/keywords               regex \b(?:let|as|fn|return|match|if|else|loop|for|in|while|break|continue|box|where|impl|dyn|unsafe|async|await|mod|crate|use|extern|trait|struct|enum|union|type|default)\b 0:keyword
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code/keywords               regex \b(?:as|break|continue|crate|else|enum|extern|false|fn|for|if|impl|in|let|loop|match|mod|pub|return|self|Self|struct|super|trait|true|type|unsafe|use|where|while|async|await|dyn|abstract|become|box|do|try)\b 0:keyword
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code/storage                regex \b(move|mut|ref|static|const)\b 0:type
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code/pub_with_scope         regex \b(pub)\h*(\()\h*(crate|super|self|in\h+[\w:]+)\h*(\)) 1:keyword 2:meta 4:meta
 # after let can be an arbitrary pattern match
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code/macro                  regex \b\w+! 0:meta
 # the number literals syntax is defined here:
diff --git a/test/highlight/rust/pub/cmd b/test/highlight/rust/pub/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/rust/pub/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/highlight/rust/pub/in b/test/highlight/rust/pub/in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6eb12235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/rust/pub/in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// bare
+pub
+
+// with scope
+pub(crate)
+pub (crate)
+pub(super)
+pub(self)
+pub(in ::foo)
+pub(in foo)
+pub(in foo::bar)
+pub(in foo::bar::baz)
+
+// not valid pub expression, parens not colored
+pub(crat)
+pub(in)
+spub(crate)
diff --git a/test/highlight/rust/pub/rc b/test/highlight/rust/pub/rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64064c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/rust/pub/rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source "%val{runtime}/colors/default.kak"
+source "%val{runtime}/rc/filetype/rust.kak"
+set buffer filetype rust
diff --git a/test/highlight/rust/pub/script b/test/highlight/rust/pub/script
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c29604d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/rust/pub/script
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "set_ui_options", "params": [{}] }'
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw", "params": [[[{ "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "white", "attributes": ["final_fg","final_bg"] }, "contents": "/" }, { "face": { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "/ bare" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "// with scope" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "crate" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "crate" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "super" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "red", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "self" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "in" }, { "face": { "fg": "green", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "::" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "foo" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "in" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " foo" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "in" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "green", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "foo" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "::" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "bar" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "in" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "green", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "foo" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "::" }, { "face": { "fg": "green", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "bar" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "::" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "baz" }, { "face": { "fg": "magenta", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "// not valid pub expression, parens not colored" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(crat)\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "pub" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "in" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "spub" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "(" }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "crate" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")\u000a" }]], { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }'
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "menu_hide", "params": [] }'
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "info_hide", "params": [] }'
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw_status", "params": [[], [{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "out 1:1 " }, { "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "yellow", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "1 sel" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " - client0@[kak-tests]" }], { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }'
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "set_cursor", "params": ["buffer", { "line": 0, "column": 0 }] }'
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "refresh", "params": [true] }'