diff --git a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
index 2ed4b30..78c9d26 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 syn match   vimCommand contained	"\<z[-+^.=]\=\>"
 syn keyword vimStdPlugin contained	Arguments Break Cfilter Clear Continue DiffOrig Evaluate Finish Gdb Lfilter Man N[ext] Over P[rint] Program Run S Source Step Stop Termdebug TermdebugCommand TOhtml Winbar XMLent XMLns
 
+" added later
+syn keyword vimCommand contained	eval
+
 " vimOptions are caught only when contained in a vimSet {{{2
 syn keyword vimOption contained	acd ambw arshape background ballooneval bex bl brk buftype cf cinkeys cmdwinheight com conceallevel crb cscopeverbose cuc def diffexpr ea ei ep eventignore fdi fenc fileformat fkmap foldexpr foldopen fsync gfw guicursor guitabtooltip hidden hlg imactivatefunc imi inc inex isident keymap langnoremap linespace loadplugins ma matchtime mef mle modelineexpr mousehide mps nu opendevice paste pex pmbcs printdevice printoptions pw qe relativenumber rightleft rs runtimepath scr sect sft shellredir shiftwidth showmatch signcolumn smarttab sp spf srr startofline suffixes switchbuf ta tagfunc tbi term termwintype tgc titlelen toolbariconsize ttimeout ttymouse twt undofile varsofttabstop verbosefile viminfofile wak weirdinvert wig wildoptions winheight wm wrapscan
 syn keyword vimOption contained	ai anti autochdir backspace balloonevalterm bexpr bo browsedir casemap cfu cino cmp comments confirm cryptmethod cspc cul define diffopt ead ek equalalways ex fdl fencs fileformats flp foldignore foldtext ft ghr guifont helpfile highlight hls imactivatekey iminsert include inf isk keymodel langremap lisp lpl macatsui maxcombine menc mls modelines mousem msm number operatorfunc pastetoggle pexpr pmbfn printencoding prompt pythondll quoteescape remap rightleftcmd rtp sb scroll sections sh shellslash shm showmode siso smc spc spl ss statusline suffixesadd sws tabline taglength tbidi termbidi terse tgst titleold top ttimeoutlen ttyscroll tx undolevels vartabstop vfile virtualedit warn wfh wildchar wim winminheight wmh write