diff --git a/crates/ra_ide/src/snapshots/highlighting.html b/crates/ra_ide/src/snapshots/highlighting.html
index 2157139f664..a097cf8e84d 100644
--- a/crates/ra_ide/src/snapshots/highlighting.html
+++ b/crates/ra_ide/src/snapshots/highlighting.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pre                 { color: #DCDCCC; background: #3F3F3F; font-size: 22px; padd
 
 .comment            { color: #7F9F7F; }
 .string             { color: #CC9393; }
+.field              { color: #94BFF3; }
 .function           { color: #93E0E3; }
 .parameter          { color: #94BFF3; }
 .text               { color: #DCDCCC; }
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ pre                 { color: #DCDCCC; background: #3F3F3F; font-size: 22px; padd
 
     <span class="keyword">let</span> <span class="keyword">mut</span> <span class="variable.mut">vec</span> = <span class="text">Vec</span>::<span class="text">new</span>();
     <span class="keyword.control">if</span> <span class="keyword">true</span> {
-        <span class="variable.mut">vec</span>.<span class="text">push</span>(<span class="type">Foo</span> { <span class="field">x</span>: <span class="literal.numeric">0</span>, <span class="field">y</span>: <span class="literal.numeric">1</span> });
+        <span class="keyword">let</span> <span class="variable">x</span> = <span class="literal.numeric">92</span>;
+        <span class="variable.mut">vec</span>.<span class="text">push</span>(<span class="type">Foo</span> { <span class="field">x</span>, <span class="field">y</span>: <span class="literal.numeric">1</span> });
     }
     <span class="keyword.unsafe">unsafe</span> { <span class="variable.mut">vec</span>.<span class="text">set_len</span>(<span class="literal.numeric">0</span>); }
 
diff --git a/crates/ra_ide/src/snapshots/rainbow_highlighting.html b/crates/ra_ide/src/snapshots/rainbow_highlighting.html
index 871a52cf62f..110556c0921 100644
--- a/crates/ra_ide/src/snapshots/rainbow_highlighting.html
+++ b/crates/ra_ide/src/snapshots/rainbow_highlighting.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pre                 { color: #DCDCCC; background: #3F3F3F; font-size: 22px; padd
 
 .comment            { color: #7F9F7F; }
 .string             { color: #CC9393; }
+.field              { color: #94BFF3; }
 .function           { color: #93E0E3; }
 .parameter          { color: #94BFF3; }
 .text               { color: #DCDCCC; }
diff --git a/crates/ra_ide/src/syntax_highlighting.rs b/crates/ra_ide/src/syntax_highlighting.rs
index 15e75709c1d..657c7b21a56 100644
--- a/crates/ra_ide/src/syntax_highlighting.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_ide/src/syntax_highlighting.rs
@@ -102,11 +102,10 @@ pub(crate) fn highlight(db: &RootDatabase, file_id: FileId) -> Vec<HighlightedRa
             COMMENT => tags::LITERAL_COMMENT,
             STRING | RAW_STRING | RAW_BYTE_STRING | BYTE_STRING => tags::LITERAL_STRING,
             ATTR => tags::LITERAL_ATTRIBUTE,
+            // Special-case field init shorthand
+            NAME_REF if node.parent().and_then(ast::RecordField::cast).is_some() => tags::FIELD,
+            NAME_REF if node.ancestors().any(|it| it.kind() == ATTR) => continue,
             NAME_REF => {
-                if node.ancestors().any(|it| it.kind() == ATTR) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
                 let name_ref = node.as_node().cloned().and_then(ast::NameRef::cast).unwrap();
                 let name_kind =
                     classify_name_ref(db, InFile::new(file_id.into(), &name_ref)).map(|d| d.kind);
@@ -282,6 +281,7 @@ pre                 { color: #DCDCCC; background: #3F3F3F; font-size: 22px; padd
 
 .comment            { color: #7F9F7F; }
 .string             { color: #CC9393; }
+.field              { color: #94BFF3; }
 .function           { color: #93E0E3; }
 .parameter          { color: #94BFF3; }
 .text               { color: #DCDCCC; }
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ fn main() {
 
     let mut vec = Vec::new();
     if true {
-        vec.push(Foo { x: 0, y: 1 });
+        let x = 92;
+        vec.push(Foo { x, y: 1 });
     }
     unsafe { vec.set_len(0); }