diff --git a/php.nanorc b/php.nanorc
index 9be89424..a7ae7ab8 100644
--- a/php.nanorc
+++ b/php.nanorc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## PHP Syntax Highlighting
 syntax "PHP" "\.php[2345s~]?$|\.module$"
+header "^#!.*php"
 magic "PHP script"
 comment "//"
 color white start="<\?(php|=)?" end="\?>"