diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
index dc1cc6c51d3..9c26f9e8fae 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ QList<Token> SimpleLexer::operator()(const QString &text, int state)
         else if (inPreproc && tokens.size() == 1 && tk.is(T_IDENTIFIER) &&
                  spell == QLatin1String("include"))
             lex.setScanAngleStringLiteralTokens(true);
+        else if (inPreproc && tokens.size() == 1 && tk.is(T_IDENTIFIER) &&
+                 spell == QLatin1String("include_next"))
+            lex.setScanAngleStringLiteralTokens(true);
         else if (_objCEnabled
                  && inPreproc && tokens.size() == 1 && tk.is(T_IDENTIFIER) &&
                  spell == QLatin1String("import"))