diff --git a/runtime/syntax/python.vim b/runtime/syntax/python.vim
index 52873e9..2e38742 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/python.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/python.vim
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 syn match   pythonComment	"#.*$" contains=pythonTodo
 syn keyword pythonTodo		TODO FIXME XXX contained
 
+" Decorators (new in Python 2.4)
+syn match   pythonDecorator	"@" display nextgroup=pythonFunction skipwhite
+
 " strings
 syn region pythonString		matchgroup=Normal start=+[uU]\='+ end=+'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'+ contains=pythonEscape
 syn region pythonString		matchgroup=Normal start=+[uU]\="+ end=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ contains=pythonEscape
@@ -85,6 +88,8 @@
 
 if exists("python_highlight_builtins")
   " builtin functions, types and objects, not really part of the syntax
+  syn keyword pythonBuiltin	True False bool enumerate set frozenset help
+  syn keyword pythonBuiltin	reversed sorted sum
   syn keyword pythonBuiltin	Ellipsis None NotImplemented __import__ abs
   syn keyword pythonBuiltin	apply buffer callable chr classmethod cmp
   syn keyword pythonBuiltin	coerce compile complex delattr dict dir divmod
@@ -110,6 +115,8 @@
   syn keyword pythonException	StandardError StopIteration SyntaxError
   syn keyword pythonException	SyntaxWarning SystemError SystemExit TabError
   syn keyword pythonException	TypeError UnboundLocalError UnicodeError
+  syn keyword pythonException	UnicodeEncodeError UnicodeDecodeError
+  syn keyword pythonException	UnicodeTranslateError
   syn keyword pythonException	UserWarning ValueError Warning WindowsError
   syn keyword pythonException	ZeroDivisionError
 endif
@@ -151,6 +158,7 @@
   HiLink pythonPreCondit	PreCondit
   HiLink pythonComment		Comment
   HiLink pythonTodo		Todo
+  HiLink pythonDecorator	Define
   if exists("python_highlight_numbers")
     HiLink pythonNumber	Number
   endif