diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a54c5aa..9fa4da2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Change Log
+## Version 4.4.1
+* Added syntax for matching tables
+
 ## Version 4.4.0
 * Minor bug fixes
 * Added feature to allow using negative indices within formulas to access rows,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c13e914..62e0bec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# VIM Table Mode v4.4.0 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode)
+# VIM Table Mode v4.4.1 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode)
 
 An awesome automatic table creator & formatter allowing one to create neat
 tables as you type.
diff --git a/doc/table-mode.txt b/doc/table-mode.txt
index 000e2bf..0373608 100644
--- a/doc/table-mode.txt
+++ b/doc/table-mode.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-*table-mode.txt*		Table Mode for easy table formatting. v4.4.0
+*table-mode.txt*		Table Mode for easy table formatting. v4.4.1
 ===============================================================================
 	Table Mode, THE AWESOME AUTOMATIC TABLE CREATOR & FORMATTER
-				 VERSION 4.4.0
+				 VERSION 4.4.1
 
 		Author: Dhruva Sagar <http://dhruvasagar.com/>
 		License: MIT <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT/>
diff --git a/plugin/table-mode.vim b/plugin/table-mode.vim
index 41938bd..0d7379e 100644
--- a/plugin/table-mode.vim
+++ b/plugin/table-mode.vim
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@ function! s:TableEchoCell() "{{{1
   endif
 endfunction
 
+function! s:EnableTableSyntax() "{{{1
+  syntax match Table /^\s*|.\+|\s*$/ contains=TableBorder,TableSeparator,TableColumnAlign containedin=ALL
+  syntax match TableSeparator /|/ contained
+  syntax match TableColumnAlign /:/ contained
+  syntax match TableBorder /[\-+]\+/ contained
+endfunction
+
+augroup TableMode
+  au!
+
+  autocmd Syntax * call <SID>EnableTableSyntax()
+augroup END
+
+hi! link TableBorder Delimiter
+hi! link TableSeparator Delimiter
+hi! link TableColumnAlign Type
+
 " Define Commands & Mappings {{{1
 if !g:table_mode_always_active "{{{2
   exec "nnoremap <silent> " . g:table_mode_map_prefix . g:table_mode_toggle_map .