diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b1413c29a5..be5a16de64 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Core Grammars:
 - enh(json) add json5 support [Kerry Shetline][]
 - fix(css) `unicode-range` parsing, issue #4253 [Kerry Shetline][]
 - fix(csharp) Support digit separators [te-ing][]
+- enh(rust) Include the raw borrow operator in keywords. [Shiva Kiran Koninty][]
+
 
 Documentation:
 
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ CONTRIBUTORS
 [te-ing]: https://github.com/te-ing
 [Anthony Martin]: https://github.com/anthony-c-martin
 [NriotHrreion]: https://github.com/NriotHrreion
+[Shiva Kiran Koninty]: https://github.com/skr4n
 
 
 ## Version 11.11.1
diff --git a/src/languages/rust.js b/src/languages/rust.js
index 13e7be19f2..156ea85d59 100644
--- a/src/languages/rust.js
+++ b/src/languages/rust.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export default function(hljs) {
     "override",
     "priv",
     "pub",
+    "raw",
     "ref",
     "return",
     "self",
diff --git a/test/markup/rust/sample1.expect.txt b/test/markup/rust/sample1.expect.txt
index 662f246c18..85ff3d73cb 100644
--- a/test/markup/rust/sample1.expect.txt
+++ b/test/markup/rust/sample1.expect.txt
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@
 
     <span class="hljs-title function_ invoke__">print_ref</span>(&amp;ref_x);
     <span class="hljs-title function_ invoke__">print</span>(ref_x);
+
+    <span class="hljs-keyword">let</span> <span class="hljs-variable">y</span> = &amp;<span class="hljs-keyword">raw</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> x;
 }
diff --git a/test/markup/rust/sample1.txt b/test/markup/rust/sample1.txt
index 1e263307a9..ca28533aee 100644
--- a/test/markup/rust/sample1.txt
+++ b/test/markup/rust/sample1.txt
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ fn main() {
 
     print_ref(&ref_x);
     print(ref_x);
+
+    let y = &raw const x;
 }