diff --git a/src/plugins/qmleditor/qmlhighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/qmleditor/qmlhighlighter.cpp
index 521ad689af0..4f35bcd3723 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmleditor/qmlhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmleditor/qmlhighlighter.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ QmlHighlighter::QmlHighlighter(QTextDocument *parent) :
     QSet<QString> qmlKeywords(keywords());
     qmlKeywords << QLatin1String("property");
     qmlKeywords << QLatin1String("signal");
+    qmlKeywords << QLatin1String("readonly");
     m_scanner.setKeywords(qmlKeywords);
 }