diff --git a/src/kakrc b/src/kakrc
index 9830b7ef9..a33210af8 100644
--- a/src/kakrc
+++ b/src/kakrc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ hook global WinCreate .* %{ addhl number_lines }
 
 runtime rc/cpp.kak
 runtime rc/kakrc.kak
+runtime rc/asciidoc.kak
 runtime rc/git.kak
 runtime rc/global.kak
 runtime rc/diff.kak
diff --git a/src/rc/asciidoc.kak b/src/rc/asciidoc.kak
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e9a55cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rc/asciidoc.kak
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+hook global BufCreate .*\.asciidoc %{ setb filetype asciidoc }
+
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=asciidoc %{
+    addhl group asciidoc-highlight
+    addhl -group asciidoc-highlight regex ^[^\n]+\n={2,}\h*$ 0:blue
+    addhl -group asciidoc-highlight regex ^[^\n]+\n-{2,}\h*$ 0:cyan
+    addhl -group asciidoc-highlight regex ^\h+[-\*]\h+([^\n:]+:)?[^\n]*(\n\h+[^-\*]\S+[^\n]*)*$ 0:yellow 1:green
+}
+
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=(?!asciidoc).* %{ rmhl asciidoc-higlight }
+