diff --git a/apacheconf.nanorc b/apacheconf.nanorc
index f79343e..d95d15b 100644
--- a/apacheconf.nanorc
+++ b/apacheconf.nanorc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Apache files
-syntax "apacheconf" "httpd\.conf|mime\.types|vhosts\.d\\*"
+syntax "apacheconf" "httpd\.conf|mime\.types|vhosts\.d\\*|\.htaccess"
 color yellow ".+"
 color brightcyan "(AcceptMutex|AcceptPathInfo|AccessFileName|Action|AddAlt|AddAltByEncoding|AddAltByType|AddCharset|AddDefaultCharset|AddDescription|AddEncoding)"
 color brightcyan "(AddHandler|AddIcon|AddIconByEncoding|AddIconByType|AddInputFilter|AddLanguage|AddModuleInfo|AddOutputFilter|AddOutputFilterByType|AddType|Alias|AliasMatch)"