diff --git a/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
index 42ac231b0efa343f37c33eb6005e504e1151f85d..234605409c16a97fa07f126cb79dbd3a1043202d 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
@@ -93,8 +93,17 @@
 type: (primitive_type) @type.builtin
 (sized_type_specifier) @type.builtin
 
+; GNU __attribute__
+(attribute_specifier) @attribute
+(attribute_specifier
+  (argument_list
+    (identifier) @attribute))
+
+; C++11 [[attributes]]
+(attribute
+  prefix: (identifier) @attribute)
 (attribute
-    name: (identifier) @attribute)
+  name: (identifier) @attribute)
 
 ((identifier) @constant.builtin
  (#match? @constant.builtin "^_*[A-Z][A-Z\\d_]*$"))