diff --git a/src/Classifier/Languages/CakeLanguage.cs b/src/Classifier/Languages/CakeLanguage.cs
index d9dc8c9..8ccc6ff 100644
--- a/src/Classifier/Languages/CakeLanguage.cs
+++ b/src/Classifier/Languages/CakeLanguage.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static class CakeLanguage
         public static List<string> SpecialKeywords
             => new List<string> {@"\bRunTarget\([\w\""]+\)", @"\bSetup\b", @"\bTeardown\b"};
 
-        public static List<string> Preprocessors => new List<string> {@"^[#]{1}(load|r|addin|tool)"};
+        public static List<string> Preprocessors => new List<string> {@"^[#]{1}(load|l|reference|r|addin|tool)"};
 
 
         public static List<string> Keywords