diff --git a/rc/filetype/lua.kak b/rc/filetype/lua.kak
index bfc7a35a..2fb0148c 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/lua.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/lua.kak
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ add-highlighter shared/lua/code/value regex \b(false|nil|true|[0-9]+(:?\.[0-9])?
 add-highlighter shared/lua/code/operator regex (\+|-|\*|/|%|\^|==?|~=|<=?|>=?|\.\.|\.\.\.|#) 0:operator
 add-highlighter shared/lua/code/builtin regex \b(_G|_ENV)\b 0:builtin
 add-highlighter shared/lua/code/module regex \b(_G|_ENV)\b 0:module
+add-highlighter shared/lua/code/attribute regex \B(<[a-zA-Z_]\w*>)\B 0:attribute
 
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