diff --git a/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim b/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
index b9a552f79dd..e276313201f 100644
--- a/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
+++ b/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ syn match     rustMacro       '#\w\(\w\)*' contains=rustAssert,rustFail
 
 syn match     rustFormat      display "%\(\d\+\$\)\=[-+' #0*]*\(\d*\|\*\|\*\d\+\$\)\(\.\(\d*\|\*\|\*\d\+\$\)\)\=\([hlLjzt]\|ll\|hh\)\=\([aAbdiuoxXDOUfFeEgGcCsSpn?]\|\[\^\=.[^]]*\]\)" contained
 syn match     rustFormat      display "%%" contained
-syn match     rustSpecial     display contained /\\\([nrt\\'"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)/
+syn match     rustSpecial     display contained /\\\([nrt0\\'"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)/
 syn match     rustStringContinuation display contained /\\\n\s*/
 syn region    rustString      start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=rustTodo,rustFormat,rustSpecial,rustStringContinuation
 syn region    rustString      start='r\z(#*\)"' end='"\z1'
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ syn match     rustFloat       display "\<[0-9][0-9_]*\.[0-9_]\+\%([eE][+-]\=[0-9
 syn match     rustFloat       display "\<[0-9][0-9_]*\.[0-9_]\+\%([eE][+-]\=[0-9_]\+\)\(f\|f32\|f64\)\>"
 
 " For the benefit of delimitMate
-syn region rustLifetimeCandidate display start=/&'\%(\([^'\\]\|\\\(['nrt\\\"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'\)\@!/ end=/[[:cntrl:][:space:][:punct:]]\@=\|$/ contains=rustSigil,rustLifetime
+syn region rustLifetimeCandidate display start=/&'\%(\([^'\\]\|\\\(['nrt0\\\"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'\)\@!/ end=/[[:cntrl:][:space:][:punct:]]\@=\|$/ contains=rustSigil,rustLifetime
 syn region rustGenericRegion display start=/<\%('\|[^[cntrl:][:space:][:punct:]]\)\@=')\S\@=/ end=/>/ contains=rustGenericLifetimeCandidate
 syn region rustGenericLifetimeCandidate display start=/\%(<\|,\s*\)\@<='/ end=/[[:cntrl:][:space:][:punct:]]\@=\|$/ contains=rustSigil,rustLifetime
 
 "rustLifetime must appear before rustCharacter, or chars will get the lifetime highlighting
 syn match     rustLifetime    display "\'\%([^[:cntrl:][:space:][:punct:][:digit:]]\|_\)\%([^[:cntrl:][:punct:][:space:]]\|_\)*"
-syn match   rustCharacter   /'\([^'\\]\|\\\([nrt\\'"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'/ contains=rustSpecial
+syn match   rustCharacter   /'\([^'\\]\|\\\([nrt0\\'"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'/ contains=rustSpecial
 
 syn region    rustCommentML   start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=rustTodo
 syn region    rustComment     start="//" end="$" contains=rustTodo keepend