diff --git a/after/syntax/c.vim b/after/syntax/c.vim
index 7b6afb8..eac2c81 100644
--- a/after/syntax/c.vim
+++ b/after/syntax/c.vim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 " Match delimiter expressions: (expr) {expr} : ;
 "                              ^    ^ ^    ^ ^ ^
-syn match cDelimiter '[()\[\]{}:;]'
+syn match cDelimiter '[()\[\]:;]'
 " Match single character operators, ordering within the [] is important
 syn match cOperator '[\*=\.\^\~+\-,&|!%?]'
 " Match single character operators if they are surrounded by white space: / < >
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ if g:c_enable_doxygen_highlights
   hi default link cDoxygen SpecialComment
 endif
 
+" Match curly braces with cDelimiter highlight group
+syn match cCurlyError "}"
+syn region cBlock matchgroup=cDelimiter start="{" end="}" contains=ALLBUT,cBadBlock,cCurlyError,@cParenGroup,cErrInParen,cCppParen,cErrInBracket,cCppBracket,@cStringGroup,@Spell fold
+syn region cBlock matchgroup=cDelimiter start="{" end="}" transparent fold
+
+
 " Define additional highlight groups
 hi default link cDelimiter Delimiter
 hi default link cFunction Function