diff --git a/Python/Embeddings/RegExp (for Python).sublime-syntax b/Python/Embeddings/RegExp (for Python).sublime-syntax
index 52d092f11d..1c03f63a97 100644
--- a/Python/Embeddings/RegExp (for Python).sublime-syntax	
+++ b/Python/Embeddings/RegExp (for Python).sublime-syntax	
@@ -56,3 +56,11 @@ contexts:
         1: punctuation.definition.capture-group-name.begin.regexp
         2: variable.other.backref-and-recursion.regexp
         3: punctuation.definition.capture-group-name.end.regexp
+
+  literals:
+    - meta_prepend: true
+    # no illegal parentheses in concatenated patterns
+    - match: \]
+      scope: punctuation.definition.set.end.regexp
+    - match: \)
+      scope: punctuation.section.group.end.regexp
diff --git a/Python/tests/syntax_test_python_strings.py b/Python/tests/syntax_test_python_strings.py
index eb378885e2..1e37c06eb9 100644
--- a/Python/tests/syntax_test_python_strings.py
+++ b/Python/tests/syntax_test_python_strings.py
@@ -1300,6 +1300,11 @@
 #                                                        ^^^^ meta.modifier
 #                                                          ^ storage.modifier.mode
 
+match = re.match(r"([^" + charset + r"]*)", line)
+#                  ^ punctuation.section.group.begin.regexp
+#                   ^ punctuation.definition.set.begin.regexp
+#                                     ^ punctuation.definition.set.end.regexp
+#                                       ^ punctuation.section.group.end.regexp
 
 ###############################
 # f-strings