diff --git a/src/drawline.c b/src/drawline.c
index 333eeba..ef3b69f 100644
--- a/src/drawline.c
+++ b/src/drawline.c
@@ -1470,9 +1470,21 @@
 	    attr_pri = TRUE;
 #ifdef LINE_ATTR
 	    if (area_attr != 0)
+	    {
 		char_attr = hl_combine_attr(line_attr, area_attr);
+# ifdef FEAT_SYN_HL
+		if (syntax_attr != 0)
+		    char_attr = hl_combine_attr(syntax_attr, char_attr);
+# endif
+	    }
 	    else if (search_attr != 0)
+	    {
 		char_attr = hl_combine_attr(line_attr, search_attr);
+# ifdef FEAT_SYN_HL
+		if (syntax_attr != 0)
+		    char_attr = hl_combine_attr(syntax_attr, char_attr);
+# endif
+	    }
 # ifdef FEAT_TEXT_PROP
 	    else if (text_prop_type != NULL)
 	    {
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_syntax_c_01.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_syntax_c_01.dump
index 54e34a6..d70f45a 100644
--- a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_syntax_c_01.dump
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_syntax_c_01.dump
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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+|/+0#0000e05#ffffff0|*| |c|o|m@1|e|n|t| |l|i|n|e| |a|t| |t|h|e| |t|o|p| |*|/| +0#0000000&@45
 @2|i+0#00e0003&|n|t| +0#0000000&@69
 |m|a|i|n|(|i+0#00e0003&|n|t| +0#0000000&|a|r|g|c|,| |c+0#00e0003&|h|a|r| +0#0000000&|*@1|a|r|g|v|)|/+0#0000e05&@1| |a|n|o|t|h|e|r| |c|o|m@1|e|n|t| +0#0000000&@29
 |{| @73
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 | +0#0000e05&@2|i|n|t| @2|n|o|t|_|u|s|e|d|;| +0#0000000&@56
 |#+0#e000e06&|e|l|s|e| +0#0000000&@69
 @3|i+0#00e0003&|n|t| +0#0000000&@2|u|s|e|d|;| @60
-|#+0#e000e06&|e|n|d|i|f| +0#0000000&@68
-@3|p|r|i|n|t|f|(|"+0#e000002&|J|u|s|t| |a|n| |e|x|a|m|p|l|e| |p|i|e|c|e| |o|f| |C| |c|o|d|e|\+0#e000e06&|n|"+0#e000002&|)+0#0000000&|;| @27
+|#+0#e000e06&|e+0&#e0e0e08|n|d|i|f| +0#0000000&| +0&#ffffff0@67
+| +0&#e0e0e08@2|p|r|i|n|t|f|(|"+0#e000002&|J|u|s|t| |a|n| |e|x|a|m|p|l|e| |p|i|e|c|e| |o|f| >C+0&#ffffff0| |c|o|d|e|\+0#e000e06&|n|"+0#e000002&|)+0#0000000&|;| @27
 @3|r+0#af5f00255&|e|t|u|r|n| +0#0000000&|0+0#e000002&|x|0|f@1|;+0#0000000&| @58
 |}| @73
 @3|s+0#00e0003&|t|a|t|i|c| +0#0000000&|v+0#00e0003&|o|i|d| +0#0000000&@60
 |m|y|F|u|n|c|t|i|o|n|(|c+0#00e0003&|o|n|s|t| +0#0000000&|d+0#00e0003&|o|u|b|l|e| +0#0000000&|c|o|u|n|t|,| |s+0#00e0003&|t|r|u|c|t| +0#0000000&|n|o|t|h|i|n|g|,| |l+0#00e0003&|o|n|g| +0#0000000&|t|h|e|r|e|)| |{| @14
-@1| +0#0000e05&@6|/@1| |1+0#e000002&|2|3|:+0#0000e05&| |n|o|t|h|i|n|g| |t|o| |r|e|a|d| |h|e|r|e| +0#0000000&@38
+@1| +0#0000e05&@6|/@1| |1+0#e000002&|2|3|:+0#0000e05&| |n|o|t|h|i|n|g| |t|o| |e+0&#ffff4012|n|d|i|f| +0&#ffffff0|h|e|r|e| +0#0000000&@37
 @1| +0#af5f00255&@6|f|o|r| +0#0000000&|(|i+0#00e0003&|n|t| +0#0000000&|i| |=| |0+0#e000002&|;+0#0000000&| |i| |<| |c|o|u|n|t|;| |+@1|i|)| |{| @33
 @11|b+0#af5f00255&|r|e|a|k|;+0#0000000&| @57
 @8|}| @65
 |}| @73
-|"|X|t|e|s|t|.|c|"| |1|9|L|,| |3|6|1|C| @37|1|,|1| @10|A|l@1| 
+|-+2&&@1| |V|I|S|U|A|L| |-@1| +0&&@34|2| @8|1|0|,|3|7| @8|A|l@1| 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_syntax.vim b/src/testdir/test_syntax.vim
index c7d6f2d..6705c57 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_syntax.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_syntax.vim
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
 	\ '}',
 	\ '   static void',
 	\ 'myFunction(const double count, struct nothing, long there) {',
-	\ "\t// 123: nothing to read here",
+	\ "\t// 123: nothing to endif here",
 	\ "\tfor (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {",
 	\ "\t   break;",
 	\ "\t}",
@@ -563,7 +563,12 @@
   let $COLORFGBG = '15;0'
 
   let buf = RunVimInTerminal('Xtest.c', {})
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":set hlsearch\r")
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "/endif\r")
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "vjfC")
   call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_syntax_c_01', {})
+
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "\<Esc>")
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 
   let $COLORFGBG = ''
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index e371d68..3a7347c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2176,
+/**/
     2175,
 /**/
     2174,