diff --git a/asciidoc.nanorc b/asciidoc.nanorc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b97a3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asciidoc.nanorc
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+syntax "asciidoc" "\.(asc|asciidoc)$"
+
+# main header
+color red "^====+$"
+# h1
+color red "^==[[:space:]].*$"
+color red "^----+$"
+# h2
+color magenta "^===[[:space:]].*$"
+color magenta "^~~~~+$"
+# h4
+color green "^====[[:space:]].*$"
+color green "^\^\^\^\^+$"
+# h5
+color brightblue "^=====[[:space:]].*$"
+color brightblue "^\+\+\+\++$"
+
+# attributes
+color brightgreen ":.*:"
+color brightred "\{[a-z0-9]*\}"
+color red "\\\{[a-z0-9]*\}"
+color red "\+\+\+\{[a-z0-9]*\}\+\+\+"
+
+# Paragraph Title
+color yellow "^\..*$"
+
+# source 
+color magenta "^\[(source,.+|NOTE|TIP|IMPORTANT|WARNING|CAUTION)\]"
+
+# Other markup
+color yellow ".*\+$"
+color yellow "_.+_"
+color yellow "\*.+\*"
+color yellow "\+.+\+"
+color yellow "`.+`"
+color yellow "\^.+\^"
+color yellow "~.+~"
+color yellow "'.+'"
+
+color cyan "`{1,2}.+'{1,2}"
diff --git a/nanorc b/nanorc
index 264da2da..ef30a6a9 100644
--- a/nanorc
+++ b/nanorc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include ~/.nano/apacheconf.nanorc
+include ~/.nano/asciidoc.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/asm.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/awk.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/c.nanorc