diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.cpp
index 418d58de891..b2a12fb02fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ static TextStyle styleForFormat(int format)
     case Highlighter::Others: return C_TEXT;
     case Highlighter::Identifier: return C_LOCAL;
     case Highlighter::Documentation: return C_DOXYGEN_COMMENT;
+    case Highlighter::ControlFlow: return C_KEYWORD;
+    case Highlighter::Preprocessor: return C_PREPROCESSOR;
+    case Highlighter::VerbatimString: return C_STRING;
+    case Highlighter::SpecialString: return C_STRING;
+    case Highlighter::Constant: return C_KEYWORD;
     case Highlighter::TextFormatIdCount:
         QTC_CHECK(false); // should never get here
         return C_TEXT;
@@ -168,6 +173,11 @@ KateFormatMap::KateFormatMap()
     m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsOthers"), Highlighter::Others);
     m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsIdentifier"), Highlighter::Identifier);
     m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsDocumentation"), Highlighter::Documentation);
+    m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsControlFlow"), Highlighter::ControlFlow);
+    m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsPreprocessor"), Highlighter::Preprocessor);
+    m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsVerbatimString"), Highlighter::VerbatimString);
+    m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsSpecialString"), Highlighter::SpecialString);
+    m_ids.insert(QLatin1String("dsConstant"), Highlighter::Constant);
 }
 
 Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(KateFormatMap, kateFormatMap)
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.h
index 0baa0c03ad8..4c69d9977b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlighter.h
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ public:
         Others,
         Identifier,
         Documentation,
+        ControlFlow,
+        Preprocessor,
+        VerbatimString,
+        SpecialString,
+        Constant,
         TextFormatIdCount
     };