diff --git a/runtime/syntax/xpm2.vim b/runtime/syntax/xpm2.vim
index 1d0eb57..dfa6945 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/xpm2.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/xpm2.vim
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	X Pixmap v2
 " Maintainer:	Steve Wall (hitched97@velnet.com)
-" Last Change:	2012 Jun 01
+" Last Change:	2017 Feb 01
 " 		(Dominique Pelle added @Spell)
 " Version:	5.8
+"               Jemma Nelson added termguicolors support
 "
 " Made from xpm.vim by Ronald Schild <rs@scutum.de>
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 
 command -nargs=+ Hi hi def <args>
 
-if has("gui_running")
+if has("gui_running") || has("termguicolors") && &termguicolors
 
   let color  = ""
   let chars  = ""
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
 
   unlet color chars colors cpp n i s
 
-endif		" has("gui_running")
+endif          " has("gui_running") || has("termguicolors") && &termguicolors
 
 " Define the default highlighting.
 " Only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet