diff --git a/extensions/lua/syntaxes/Lua.plist b/extensions/lua/syntaxes/Lua.plist
index a1f92e3239f..493ed743f40 100644
--- a/extensions/lua/syntaxes/Lua.plist
+++ b/extensions/lua/syntaxes/Lua.plist
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 		</dict>
 		<dict>
 			<key>match</key>
-			<string>\b(break|do|else|for|if|elseif|return|then|repeat|while|until|end|function|local|in)\b</string>
+			<string>\b(break|do|else|for|if|elseif|goto|return|then|repeat|while|until|end|function|local|in)\b</string>
 			<key>name</key>
 			<string>keyword.control.lua</string>
 		</dict>
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/standalone-languages/lua.ts b/src/vs/editor/standalone-languages/lua.ts
index 60dfc48facc..fca9794696c 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/standalone-languages/lua.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/standalone-languages/lua.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export var language = <ILanguage> {
 
 	keywords: [
 		'and', 'break', 'do', 'else', 'elseif',
-	'end', 'false', 'for', 'function', 'if',
+	'end', 'false', 'for', 'function', 'goto', 'if',
 	'in', 'local', 'nil', 'not', 'or',
 	'repeat', 'return', 'then', 'true', 'until',
 	'while'