diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
index b5a29799..9d2f33dc 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/c_cpp_highlight_rules.js
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ var c_cppHighlightRules = function() {
     var storageType = (
         "asm|__asm__|auto|bool|_Bool|char|_Complex|double|enum|float|" +
         "_Imaginary|int|long|short|signed|struct|typedef|union|unsigned|void|" +
-        "class|wchar_t|template"
+        "class|wchar_t|template|char16_t|char32_t"
     );
 
     var storageModifiers = (
         "const|extern|register|restrict|static|volatile|inline|private|" +
         "protected|public|friend|explicit|virtual|export|mutable|typename|" +
-        "constexpr|new|delete"
+        "constexpr|new|delete|alignas|alignof|decltype|noexcept|thread_local"
     );
 
     var keywordOperators = (
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var c_cppHighlightRules = function() {
     );
 
     var builtinConstants = (
-        "NULL|true|false|TRUE|FALSE"
+        "NULL|true|false|TRUE|FALSE|nullptr"
     );
 
     var keywordMapper = this.$keywords = this.createKeywordMapper({