diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d05ee5..439ca05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         - **.PATCH**: Pull Request Title (PR Author) [PR Number](Link to PR)
 -->
 #### 6.9
+- **.4**: Make sure symbolic links' flags are highlighted correctly.  (PhilRunninger) [#1156](https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree/pull/1156)
 - **.3**: Fix new NERDTrees' width when previous one was in the only window. (PhilRunninger) [#1153](https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree/pull/1153)
 - **.2**: Fix the scope of several key mappings (lifecrisis, PhilRunninger) [#1151](https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree/pull/1151)
 - **.1**: Respect user's `&shellslash` setting in CopyNode and RemoveNode functions (PhilRunninger) [#1150](https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree/pull/1150)
diff --git a/syntax/nerdtree.vim b/syntax/nerdtree.vim
index fc7269e..af1581c 100644
--- a/syntax/nerdtree.vim
+++ b/syntax/nerdtree.vim
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ endif
 "highlighting for readonly files
 exec 'syn match NERDTreeRO #.*'.g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter.'\zs.*\ze'.g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter.'.*\['.g:NERDTreeGlyphReadOnly.'\]# contains=NERDTreeIgnore,NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreeFile'
 
-exec 'syn match NERDTreeFlags #\[[^\]]*\]\ze'.g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter.'# containedin=NERDTreeFile,NERDTreeExecFile,NERDTreeDir'
+exec 'syn match NERDTreeFlags #\[[^\]]*\]\ze'.g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter.'# containedin=NERDTreeFile,NERDTreeExecFile,NERDTreeLinkFile,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreeDir'
 
 syn match NERDTreeCWD #^[</].*$#