diff --git a/sh.nanorc b/sh.nanorc
index be1a1a9..855a84b 100644
--- a/sh.nanorc
+++ b/sh.nanorc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Here is an example for Bourne shell scripts.
 ##
-syntax "sh" "\.sh$"
+syntax "sh" "\.sh$" "Makefile"
 icolor brightgreen "^[0-9A-Z_]+\(\)"
 color green "\<(case|do|done|elif|else|esac|exit|fi|for|function|if|in|local|read|return|select|shift|then|time|until|while)\>"
 color green "(\{|\}|\(|\)|\;|\]|\[|`|\\|\$|<|>|!|=|&|\|)"