diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index 2af4bc0..cf1e265 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -8604,7 +8604,9 @@
 		break;
 
 	case 'u':
-		if (STRLEN(what) <= 5 || TOLOWER_ASC(what[5]) != 'c')
+		if (TOLOWER_ASC(what[1]) == 'l')	// ul
+		    p = highlight_color(id, what, modec);
+		else if (STRLEN(what) <= 5 || TOLOWER_ASC(what[5]) != 'c')
 							// underline
 		    p = highlight_has_attr(id, HL_UNDERLINE, modec);
 		else
diff --git a/src/highlight.c b/src/highlight.c
index 0a01447..56b1988 100644
--- a/src/highlight.c
+++ b/src/highlight.c
@@ -2684,13 +2684,14 @@
     char_u *
 highlight_color(
     int		id,
-    char_u	*what,	// "font", "fg", "bg", "sp", "fg#", "bg#" or "sp#"
+    char_u	*what,	// "font", "fg", "bg", "sp", "ul", "fg#", "bg#" or "sp#"
     int		modec)	// 'g' for GUI, 'c' for cterm, 't' for term
 {
     static char_u	name[20];
     int			n;
     int			fg = FALSE;
     int			sp = FALSE;
+    int			ul = FALSE;
     int			font = FALSE;
 
     if (id <= 0 || id > highlight_ga.ga_len)
@@ -2703,6 +2704,8 @@
 	font = TRUE;
     else if (TOLOWER_ASC(what[0]) == 's' && TOLOWER_ASC(what[1]) == 'p')
 	sp = TRUE;
+    else if (TOLOWER_ASC(what[0]) == 'u' && TOLOWER_ASC(what[1]) == 'l')
+	ul = TRUE;
     else if (!(TOLOWER_ASC(what[0]) == 'b' && TOLOWER_ASC(what[1]) == 'g'))
 	return NULL;
     if (modec == 'g')
@@ -2749,6 +2752,8 @@
     {
 	if (fg)
 	    n = HL_TABLE()[id - 1].sg_cterm_fg - 1;
+	else if (ul)
+	    n = HL_TABLE()[id - 1].sg_cterm_ul - 1;
 	else
 	    n = HL_TABLE()[id - 1].sg_cterm_bg - 1;
 	if (n < 0)
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_highlight.vim b/src/testdir/test_highlight.vim
index 05f215a..8bd03e2 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_highlight.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_highlight.vim
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@
   call assert_notmatch('ctermul=', HighlightArgs('Normal'))
   highlight Normal ctermul=3
   call assert_match('ctermul=3', HighlightArgs('Normal'))
+  call assert_equal('3', synIDattr(synIDtrans(hlID('Normal')), 'ul'))
   highlight Normal ctermul=NONE
 endfunc
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 26e63c2..d390212 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1771,
+/**/
     1770,
 /**/
     1769,