diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/CppLexer.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/CppLexer.cpp
index 10b7df7dca5..fcf5bd7f8c0 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/CppLexer.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/CppLexer.cpp
@@ -345,8 +345,40 @@ Vector<CppToken> CppLexer::lex()
         }
         if (ch == '#') {
             begin_token();
+            consume();
+
+            if (is_valid_first_character_of_identifier(peek()))
+                while (peek() && is_valid_nonfirst_character_of_identifier(peek()))
+                    consume();
+
+            auto directive = StringView(m_input.characters_without_null_termination() + token_start_index, m_index - token_start_index);
+            if (directive == "#include") {
+                commit_token(CppToken::Type::IncludeStatement);
+
+                begin_token();
+                while (isspace(peek()))
+                    consume();
+                commit_token(CppToken::Type::Whitespace);
+
+                begin_token();
+                if (peek() == '<' || peek() == '"') {
+                    char closing = consume() == '<' ? '>' : '"';
+                    while (peek() != closing && peek() != '\n')
+                        consume();
+
+                    if (consume() == '\n') {
+                        commit_token(CppToken::Type::IncludePath);
+                        continue;
+                    } else {
+                        commit_token(CppToken::Type::IncludePath);
+                        begin_token();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             while (peek() && peek() != '\n')
                 consume();
+
             commit_token(CppToken::Type::PreprocessorStatement);
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/CppLexer.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/CppLexer.h
index ae8b4d2651b..9de2e319e0b 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/CppLexer.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/CppLexer.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ namespace GUI {
     __TOKEN(Unknown)               \
     __TOKEN(Whitespace)            \
     __TOKEN(PreprocessorStatement) \
+    __TOKEN(IncludeStatement)      \
+    __TOKEN(IncludePath)           \
     __TOKEN(LeftParen)             \
     __TOKEN(RightParen)            \
     __TOKEN(LeftCurly)             \
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/CppSyntaxHighlighter.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/CppSyntaxHighlighter.cpp
index 116530424d7..c4a200f2703 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/CppSyntaxHighlighter.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/CppSyntaxHighlighter.cpp
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ static TextStyle style_for_token_type(CppToken::Type type)
     case CppToken::Type::SingleQuotedString:
     case CppToken::Type::Integer:
     case CppToken::Type::Float:
+    case CppToken::Type::IncludePath:
         return { Color::from_rgb(0x800000) };
     case CppToken::Type::EscapeSequence:
         return { Color::from_rgb(0x800080), &Gfx::Font::default_bold_fixed_width_font() };
     case CppToken::Type::PreprocessorStatement:
+    case CppToken::Type::IncludeStatement:
         return { Color::from_rgb(0x008080) };
     case CppToken::Type::Comment:
         return { Color::from_rgb(0x008000) };