diff --git a/runtime/syntax/readline.vim b/runtime/syntax/readline.vim
index 78472cd..3831ae1 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/readline.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/readline.vim
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 " Language:             readline(3) configuration file
 " Maintainer:           Daniel Moch <daniel@danielmoch.com>
 " Previous Maintainer:  Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
-" Latest Revision:      2017-12-25
-"   readline_has_bash - if defined add support for bash specific
-"                       settings/functions
+" Latest Revision:      2018-07-26
+"                       Add new functions for Readline 7 / Bash 4.4
+"                       (credit: Github user bewuethr)
 
 if exists('b:current_syntax')
   finish
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
                               \ nextgroup=readlineVariable
                               \ skipwhite
 
-syn keyword readlineVariable    contained 
+syn keyword readlineVariable    contained
                               \ nextgroup=readlineBellStyle
                               \ skipwhite
                               \ bell-style
@@ -120,12 +120,15 @@
                               \ nextgroup=readlineBoolean
                               \ skipwhite
                               \ bind-tty-special-chars
+                              \ blink-matching-paren
+                              \ colored-completion-prefix
                               \ colored-stats
                               \ completion-ignore-case
                               \ completion-map-case
                               \ convert-meta
                               \ disable-completion
                               \ echo-control-characters
+                              \ enable-bracketed-paste
                               \ enable-keypad
                               \ enable-meta-key
                               \ expand-tilde
@@ -269,6 +272,7 @@
                               \ start-kbd-macro
                               \ end-kbd-macro
                               \ call-last-kbd-macro
+                              \ print-last-kbd-macro
                               \
                               \ re-read-init-file
                               \ abort
@@ -339,6 +343,8 @@
 
 if exists("readline_has_bash")
   syn keyword readlineFunction  contained
+                              \ shell-forward-word
+                              \ shell-backward-word
                               \ shell-expand-line
                               \ history-expand-line
                               \ magic-space
@@ -347,6 +353,8 @@
                               \ insert-last-argument
                               \ operate-and-get-next
                               \ forward-backward-delete-char
+                              \ shell-kill-word
+                              \ shell-backward-kill-word
                               \ delete-char-or-list
                               \ complete-filename
                               \ possible-filename-completions
@@ -359,6 +367,7 @@
                               \ complete-command
                               \ possible-command-completions
                               \ dynamic-complete-history
+                              \ dabbrev-expand
                               \ complete-into-braces
                               \ glob-expand-word
                               \ glob-list-expansions