diff --git a/runtime/syntax/make.vim b/runtime/syntax/make.vim
index 377e4450..62a591a 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/make.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/make.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 " Maintainer:	Roland Hieber <rohieb+vim-iR0jGdkV@rohieb.name>
 " Previous Maintainer:	Claudio Fleiner <claudio@fleiner.com>
 " URL:		https://github.com/vim/vim/syntax/make.vim
-" Last Change:	2019 Apr 02
+" Last Change:	2019 Dec 04
 
 " quit when a syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 " some directives
 syn match makePreCondit	"^ *\(ifn\=\(eq\|def\)\>\|else\(\s\+ifn\=\(eq\|def\)\)\=\>\|endif\>\)"
-syn match makeInclude	"^ *[-s]\=include"
+syn match makeInclude	"^ *[-s]\=include\s.*$"
 syn match makeStatement	"^ *vpath"
 syn match makeExport    "^ *\(export\|unexport\)\>"
 syn match makeOverride	"^ *override"
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
 
 " Microsoft Makefile specials
 syn case ignore
-syn match makeInclude	"^!\s*include"
+syn match makeInclude	"^!\s*include\s.*$"
 syn match makePreCondit "^!\s*\(cmdswitches\|error\|message\|include\|if\|ifdef\|ifndef\|else\|else\s*if\|else\s*ifdef\|else\s*ifndef\|endif\|undef\)\>"
 syn case match
 
 " identifiers
-syn region makeIdent	start="\$(" skip="\\)\|\\\\" end=")" contains=makeStatement,makeIdent,makeSString,makeDString
-syn region makeIdent	start="\${" skip="\\}\|\\\\" end="}" contains=makeStatement,makeIdent,makeSString,makeDString
+syn region makeIdent	start="\$(" skip="\\)\|\\\\" end=")" contains=makeStatement,makeIdent
+syn region makeIdent	start="\${" skip="\\}\|\\\\" end="}" contains=makeStatement,makeIdent
 syn match makeIdent	"\$\$\w*"
 syn match makeIdent	"\$[^({]"
 syn match makeIdent	"^ *[^:#= \t]*\s*[:+?!*]="me=e-2
@@ -49,11 +49,10 @@
 syn match makeConfig "@[A-Za-z0-9_]\+@"
 
 " make targets
-" syn match makeSpecTarget	"^\.\(SUFFIXES\|PHONY\|DEFAULT\|PRECIOUS\|IGNORE\|SILENT\|EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES\|KEEP_STATE\|LIBPATTERNS\|NOTPARALLEL\|DELETE_ON_ERROR\|INTERMEDIATE\|POSIX\|SECONDARY\)\>"
-syn match makeImplicit		"^\.[A-Za-z0-9_./\t -]\+\s*:$"me=e-1 nextgroup=makeSource
-syn match makeImplicit		"^\.[A-Za-z0-9_./\t -]\+\s*:[^=]"me=e-2 nextgroup=makeSource
+syn match makeImplicit		"^\.[A-Za-z0-9_./\t -]\+\s*:$"me=e-1
+syn match makeImplicit		"^\.[A-Za-z0-9_./\t -]\+\s*:[^=]"me=e-2
 
-syn region makeTarget   transparent matchgroup=makeTarget start="^[~A-Za-z0-9_./$()%-][A-Za-z0-9_./\t $()%-]*:\{1,2}[^:=]"rs=e-1 end=";"re=e-1,me=e-1 end="[^\\]$" keepend contains=makeIdent,makeSpecTarget,makeNextLine,makeComment skipnl nextGroup=makeCommands
+syn region makeTarget   transparent matchgroup=makeTarget start="^[~A-Za-z0-9_./$()%-][A-Za-z0-9_./\t $()%-]*:\{1,2}[^:=]"rs=e-1 end=";"re=e-1,me=e-1 end="[^\\]$" keepend contains=makeIdent,makeSpecTarget,makeNextLine,makeComment,makeDString skipnl nextGroup=makeCommands
 syn match makeTarget		"^[~A-Za-z0-9_./$()%*@-][A-Za-z0-9_./\t $()%*@-]*::\=\s*$" contains=makeIdent,makeSpecTarget,makeComment skipnl nextgroup=makeCommands,makeCommandError
 
 syn region makeSpecTarget	transparent matchgroup=makeSpecTarget start="^\.\(SUFFIXES\|PHONY\|DEFAULT\|PRECIOUS\|IGNORE\|SILENT\|EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES\|KEEP_STATE\|LIBPATTERNS\|NOTPARALLEL\|DELETE_ON_ERROR\|INTERMEDIATE\|POSIX\|SECONDARY\)\>\s*:\{1,2}[^:=]"rs=e-1 end="[^\\]$" keepend contains=makeIdent,makeSpecTarget,makeNextLine,makeComment skipnl nextGroup=makeCommands
@@ -84,8 +83,8 @@
 syn match makeEscapedChar	"\\[^$]"
 
 
-syn region  makeDString start=+\(\\\)\@<!"+  skip=+\\.+  end=+"+  contains=makeIdent
-syn region  makeSString start=+\(\\\)\@<!'+  skip=+\\.+  end=+'+  contains=makeIdent
+syn region  makeDString start=+\(\\\)\@<!"+  skip=+\\.+  end=+"+  contained contains=makeIdent
+syn region  makeSString start=+\(\\\)\@<!'+  skip=+\\.+  end=+'+  contained contains=makeIdent
 syn region  makeBString start=+\(\\\)\@<!`+  skip=+\\.+  end=+`+  contains=makeIdent,makeSString,makeDString,makeNextLine
 
 " Syncing