diff --git a/pagure/static/vendor/highlight.js/spec.js b/pagure/static/vendor/highlight.js/spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cb6144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pagure/static/vendor/highlight.js/spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+Language: specfile
+Description: RPM Specfile
+Author: Ryan Lerch <rlerch@redhat.com>
+*/
+
+/*
+    The built version of highlight.js truncates a bunch of these
+    variables. see https://github.com/isagalaev/highlight.js/blob/905119aad47d4bb3d4fbaa14df7598034dccb6a3/tools/utility.js
+    for the list of things it replaces
+*/
+hljs.registerLanguage("specfile", function(e) {
+  return {
+    aliases: ['spec'],
+    c:[
+        hljs.HCM,
+        hljs.ASM,
+        hljs.QSM,
+        {
+            cN: "type",
+            b:  /^(Name|BuildRequires|Version|Release|Epoch|Summary|Group|License|Packager|Vendor|Icon|URL|Distribution|Prefix|Patch[0-9]*|Source[0-9]*|Requires\(?[a-z]*\)?|[a-z]+Req|Obsoletes|Suggests|Provides|Conflicts|Build[a-z]+|[a-z]+Arch|Auto[a-z]+)(:)/,
+        },
+        {
+            cN: "keyword",
+            b: /(%)(?:package|prep|build|description|install|clean|changelog|check|pre[a-z]*|post[a-z]*|trigger[a-z]*|files)/,
+        },
+        {
+            cN: "link",
+            b: /(%)(if|else|endif)/,
+        },
+        {
+            cN: "link",
+            b: /%\{_/,
+            e: /}/,
+        },
+        {
+            cN: "symbol",
+            b: /%\{\?/,
+            e: /}/,
+        },
+        {
+            cN: "link font-weight-bold",
+            b: /%\{/,
+            e: /}/,
+        },
+        {
+            cN: "link font-weight-bold",
+            b: /%/,
+            e: /[ \t\n]/
+        },
+        {
+            cN: "symbol font-weight-bold",
+            b: /^\* (Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun)/,
+            e: /$/,
+        },
+    ]
+};
+});
diff --git a/pagure/templates/commit.html b/pagure/templates/commit.html
index 5817da2..ddf311e 100644
--- a/pagure/templates/commit.html
+++ b/pagure/templates/commit.html
@@ -488,6 +488,9 @@
     src="{{ url_for('static', filename='vendor/highlight.js/highlight.pack.js') }}">
 </script>
     <script type="text/javascript"
+    src="{{ url_for('static', filename='vendor/highlight.js/spec.js') }}">
+</script>
+    <script type="text/javascript"
     src="{{ url_for('static', filename='vendor/diff2html/diff2html-ui.min.js') }}">
 </script>