diff --git a/src/etc/vim/ftplugin/rust.vim b/src/etc/vim/ftplugin/rust.vim
index 063b1152cb2c..bf02d7b17239 100644
--- a/src/etc/vim/ftplugin/rust.vim
+++ b/src/etc/vim/ftplugin/rust.vim
@@ -33,4 +33,11 @@ if exists("g:ftplugin_rust_source_path")
     let &l:path=g:ftplugin_rust_source_path . ',' . &l:path
 endif
 
-let b:undo_ftplugin = "setlocal formatoptions< comments< commentstring< includeexpr< suffixesadd<"
+if exists("g:loaded_delimitMate")
+	if exists("b:delimitMate_excluded_regions")
+		let b:rust_original_delimitMate_excluded_regions = b:delimitMate_excluded_regions
+	endif
+	let b:delimitMate_excluded_regions = delimitMate#Get("excluded_regions") . ',rustLifetimeCandidate,rustGenericLifetimeCandidate'
+endif
+
+let b:undo_ftplugin = "setlocal formatoptions< comments< commentstring< includeexpr< suffixesadd< | if exists('b:rust_original_delimitMate_excluded_regions') | let b:delimitMate_excluded_regions = b:rust_original_delimitMate_excluded_regions | unlet b:rust_original_delimitMate_excluded_regions | elseif exists('b:delimitMate_excluded_regions') | unlet b:delimitMate_excluded_regions | endif"
diff --git a/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim b/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
index 3f654ea90306..12a504e4d0b8 100644
--- a/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
+++ b/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ syn match     rustFloat       display "\<[0-9][0-9_]*\.[0-9_]\+\(f\|f32\|f64\)\>
 syn match     rustFloat       display "\<[0-9][0-9_]*\.[0-9_]\+\%([eE][+-]\=[0-9_]\+\)\>"
 syn match     rustFloat       display "\<[0-9][0-9_]*\.[0-9_]\+\%([eE][+-]\=[0-9_]\+\)\(f\|f32\|f64\)\>"
 
+" For the benefit of delimitMate
+syn region rustLifetimeCandidate display start=/&'\%(\([^'\\]\|\\\(['nrt\\\"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'\)\@!/ end=/[[:cntrl:][:space:][:punct:]]\@=\|$/ contains=rustLifetime
+syn region rustGenericRegion display start=/<\%('\|[^[cntrl:][:space:][:punct:]]\)\@=')\S\@=/ end=/>/ contains=rustGenericLifetimeCandidate
+syn region rustGenericLifetimeCandidate display start=/\%(<\|,\s*\)\@<='/ end=/[[:cntrl:][:space:][:punct:]]\@=\|$/ contains=rustLifetime
+
 "rustLifetime must appear before rustCharacter, or chars will get the lifetime highlighting
 syn match     rustLifetime    display "\'\%([^[:cntrl:][:space:][:punct:][:digit:]]\|_\)\%([^[:cntrl:][:punct:][:space:]]\|_\)*"
 syn match   rustCharacter   "'\([^'\\]\|\\\(['nrt\\\"]\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'"