diff --git a/rc/core/python.kak b/rc/core/python.kak
index 1083c8d7..a0f66217 100644
--- a/rc/core/python.kak
+++ b/rc/core/python.kak
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ add-highlighter shared/python/comment       fill comment
     "
 }
 
+add-highlighter shared/python/code regex (?<=[\w\s\d'"_])(<=|<<|>>|>=|<>|<|>|!=|==|\||\^|&|\+|-|\*\*|\*|//|/|%|~) 0:operator
+add-highlighter shared/python/code regex (?<=[\w\s\d'"_])((?<![=<>!])=(?![=])|[+*-]=) 0:builtin
+
 # Commands
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