diff --git a/runtime/syntax/dns.vim b/runtime/syntax/dns.vim
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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:     DNS/BIND Zone File
+" Maintainer:   jehsom@jehsom.com
+" URL:		http://scripts.jehsom.com
+" Last Change:  2001 Sep 02
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if version < 600
+    syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+    finish
+endif
+
+" Last match is taken!
+syn match	dnsKeyword	"\<\(IN\|A\|SOA\|NS\|CNAME\|MX\|PTR\|SOA\|MB\|MG\|MR\|NULL\|WKS\|HINFO\|TXT\|CS\|CH\|CPU\|OS\)\>"
+syn match   dnsRecordName       "^[^ 	]*"
+syn match   dnsPreProc		"^\$[^ ]*"
+syn match   dnsComment		";.*$"
+syn match   dnsDataFQDN		"\<[^ 	]*\.[ 	]*$"
+syn match   dnsConstant			"\<\([0-9][0-9.]*\|[0-9.]*[0-9]\)\>"
+syn match   dnsIPaddr		"\<\(\([0-2]\)\{0,1}\([0-9]\)\{1,2}\.\)\{3}\([0-2]\)\{0,1}\([0-9]\)\{1,2}\>[ 	]*$"
+
+" Define the default highlighting.
+" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
+" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet.
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_dns_syntax_inits")
+    if version < 508
+	let did_dns_syntax_inits = 1
+	command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+    else
+	command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+    endif
+
+    HiLink dnsComment     Comment
+    HiLink dnsDataFQDN    Identifier
+    HiLink dnsPreProc     PreProc
+    HiLink dnsKeyword     Keyword
+    HiLink dnsRecordName  Type
+    HiLink dnsIPaddr      Type
+    HiLink dnsIPerr       Error
+    HiLink dnsConstant	  Constant
+
+    delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "dns"