diff --git a/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/Syntaxes/gfm.cson b/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/Syntaxes/gfm.cson
index 73b90cfcf..0f6f614b6 100644
--- a/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/Syntaxes/gfm.cson
+++ b/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/Syntaxes/gfm.cson
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       '2': 'name': 'markup.underline.gfm'
   }
   {
-    'match': '^\\s*(\\*)[ \\t]+'
+    'match': '^\\s*([\\*\\+-])[ \\t]+'
     'captures':
       '1': 'name': 'constant.gfm'
   }
diff --git a/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/spec/gfm-spec.coffee b/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/spec/gfm-spec.coffee
index 325134cbb..6b3ed853e 100644
--- a/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/spec/gfm-spec.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/gfm.tmbundle/spec/gfm-spec.coffee
@@ -74,3 +74,15 @@ describe "GitHub Flavored Markdown grammar", ->
     expect(tokens[1]).toEqual value: "*", scopes: ["source.gfm", "constant.gfm"]
     expect(tokens[2]).toEqual value: " ", scopes: ["source.gfm"]
     expect(tokens[3]).toEqual value: "Item 1", scopes: ["source.gfm"]
+
+    {tokens} = grammar.tokenizeLine("  + Item 2")
+    expect(tokens[0]).toEqual value: "  ", scopes: ["source.gfm"]
+    expect(tokens[1]).toEqual value: "+", scopes: ["source.gfm", "constant.gfm"]
+    expect(tokens[2]).toEqual value: " ", scopes: ["source.gfm"]
+    expect(tokens[3]).toEqual value: "Item 2", scopes: ["source.gfm"]
+
+    {tokens} = grammar.tokenizeLine("  - Item 3")
+    expect(tokens[0]).toEqual value: "  ", scopes: ["source.gfm"]
+    expect(tokens[1]).toEqual value: "-", scopes: ["source.gfm", "constant.gfm"]
+    expect(tokens[2]).toEqual value: " ", scopes: ["source.gfm"]
+    expect(tokens[3]).toEqual value: "Item 3", scopes: ["source.gfm"]