diff --git a/components/prism-javascript.js b/components/prism-javascript.js
index 0e6f02948d..a564895d9e 100644
--- a/components/prism-javascript.js
+++ b/components/prism-javascript.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Prism.languages.javascript = Prism.languages.extend('clike', {
 			pattern: /((?:^|})\s*)(?:catch|finally)\b/,
 			lookbehind: true
 		},
-		/\b(?:as|async|await|break|case|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|undefined|var|void|while|with|yield)\b/
+		/\b(?:as|async(?=\s*(?:function\b|\(|[$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]|$))|await|break|case|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|undefined|var|void|while|with|yield)\b/
 	],
 	'number': /\b(?:(?:0[xX][\dA-Fa-f]+|0[bB][01]+|0[oO][0-7]+)n?|\d+n|NaN|Infinity)\b|(?:\b\d+\.?\d*|\B\.\d+)(?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)?/,
 	// Allow for all non-ASCII characters (See http://stackoverflow.com/a/2008444)
diff --git a/components/prism-javascript.min.js b/components/prism-javascript.min.js
index a9608e7c14..df9ba772b5 100644
--- a/components/prism-javascript.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-javascript.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.javascript=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{"class-name":[Prism.languages.clike["class-name"],{pattern:/(^|[^$\w\xA0-\uFFFF])[_$A-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\.(?:prototype|constructor))/,lookbehind:!0}],keyword:[{pattern:/((?:^|})\s*)(?:catch|finally)\b/,lookbehind:!0},/\b(?:as|async|await|break|case|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|undefined|var|void|while|with|yield)\b/],number:/\b(?:(?:0[xX][\dA-Fa-f]+|0[bB][01]+|0[oO][0-7]+)n?|\d+n|NaN|Infinity)\b|(?:\b\d+\.?\d*|\B\.\d+)(?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)?/,"function":/[_$a-zA-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\s*(?:\.\s*(?:apply|bind|call)\s*)?\()/,operator:/-[-=]?|\+[+=]?|!=?=?|<<?=?|>>?>?=?|=(?:==?|>)?|&[&=]?|\|[|=]?|\*\*?=?|\/=?|~|\^=?|%=?|\?|\.{3}/}),Prism.languages.javascript["class-name"][0].pattern=/(\b(?:class|interface|extends|implements|instanceof|new)\s+)[\w.\\]+/,Prism.languages.insertBefore("javascript","keyword",{regex:{pattern:/((?:^|[^$\w\xA0-\uFFFF."'\])\s])\s*)\/(\[(?:[^\]\\\r\n]|\\.)*]|\\.|[^\/\\\[\r\n])+\/[gimyu]{0,5}(?=\s*($|[\r\n,.;})\]]))/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},"function-variable":{pattern:/[_$a-zA-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\s*[=:]\s*(?:async\s*)?(?:\bfunction\b|(?:\((?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))*\)|[_$a-zA-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*)\s*=>))/,alias:"function"},parameter:[{pattern:/(function(?:\s+[_$A-Za-z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*)?\s*\(\s*)(?!\s)(?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))+?(?=\s*\))/,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript},{pattern:/[_$a-z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\s*=>)/i,inside:Prism.languages.javascript},{pattern:/(\(\s*)(?!\s)(?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))+?(?=\s*\)\s*=>)/,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript},{pattern:/((?:\b|\s|^)(?!(?:as|async|await|break|case|catch|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|finally|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|undefined|var|void|while|with|yield)(?![$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]))(?:[_$A-Za-z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*\s*)\(\s*)(?!\s)(?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))+?(?=\s*\)\s*\{)/,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript}],constant:/\b[A-Z](?:[A-Z_]|\dx?)*\b/}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("javascript","string",{"template-string":{pattern:/`(?:\\[\s\S]|\${[^}]+}|[^\\`])*`/,greedy:!0,inside:{interpolation:{pattern:/\${[^}]+}/,inside:{"interpolation-punctuation":{pattern:/^\${|}$/,alias:"punctuation"},rest:Prism.languages.javascript}},string:/[\s\S]+/}}}),Prism.languages.markup&&Prism.languages.insertBefore("markup","tag",{script:{pattern:/(<script[\s\S]*?>)[\s\S]*?(?=<\/script>)/i,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript,alias:"language-javascript",greedy:!0}}),Prism.languages.js=Prism.languages.javascript;
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+Prism.languages.javascript=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{"class-name":[Prism.languages.clike["class-name"],{pattern:/(^|[^$\w\xA0-\uFFFF])[_$A-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\.(?:prototype|constructor))/,lookbehind:!0}],keyword:[{pattern:/((?:^|})\s*)(?:catch|finally)\b/,lookbehind:!0},/\b(?:as|async(?=\s*(?:function\b|\(|[$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]|$))|await|break|case|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|undefined|var|void|while|with|yield)\b/],number:/\b(?:(?:0[xX][\dA-Fa-f]+|0[bB][01]+|0[oO][0-7]+)n?|\d+n|NaN|Infinity)\b|(?:\b\d+\.?\d*|\B\.\d+)(?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)?/,"function":/[_$a-zA-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\s*(?:\.\s*(?:apply|bind|call)\s*)?\()/,operator:/-[-=]?|\+[+=]?|!=?=?|<<?=?|>>?>?=?|=(?:==?|>)?|&[&=]?|\|[|=]?|\*\*?=?|\/=?|~|\^=?|%=?|\?|\.{3}/}),Prism.languages.javascript["class-name"][0].pattern=/(\b(?:class|interface|extends|implements|instanceof|new)\s+)[\w.\\]+/,Prism.languages.insertBefore("javascript","keyword",{regex:{pattern:/((?:^|[^$\w\xA0-\uFFFF."'\])\s])\s*)\/(\[(?:[^\]\\\r\n]|\\.)*]|\\.|[^\/\\\[\r\n])+\/[gimyu]{0,5}(?=\s*($|[\r\n,.;})\]]))/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},"function-variable":{pattern:/[_$a-zA-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\s*[=:]\s*(?:async\s*)?(?:\bfunction\b|(?:\((?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))*\)|[_$a-zA-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*)\s*=>))/,alias:"function"},parameter:[{pattern:/(function(?:\s+[_$A-Za-z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*)?\s*\(\s*)(?!\s)(?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))+?(?=\s*\))/,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript},{pattern:/[_$a-z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\s*=>)/i,inside:Prism.languages.javascript},{pattern:/(\(\s*)(?!\s)(?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))+?(?=\s*\)\s*=>)/,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript},{pattern:/((?:\b|\s|^)(?!(?:as|async|await|break|case|catch|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|finally|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|undefined|var|void|while|with|yield)(?![$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]))(?:[_$A-Za-z\xA0-\uFFFF][$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]*\s*)\(\s*)(?!\s)(?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))+?(?=\s*\)\s*\{)/,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript}],constant:/\b[A-Z](?:[A-Z_]|\dx?)*\b/}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("javascript","string",{"template-string":{pattern:/`(?:\\[\s\S]|\${[^}]+}|[^\\`])*`/,greedy:!0,inside:{interpolation:{pattern:/\${[^}]+}/,inside:{"interpolation-punctuation":{pattern:/^\${|}$/,alias:"punctuation"},rest:Prism.languages.javascript}},string:/[\s\S]+/}}}),Prism.languages.markup&&Prism.languages.insertBefore("markup","tag",{script:{pattern:/(<script[\s\S]*?>)[\s\S]*?(?=<\/script>)/i,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript,alias:"language-javascript",greedy:!0}}),Prism.languages.js=Prism.languages.javascript;
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diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index ed7d0c92db..3bd82498ed 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ Prism.languages.javascript = Prism.languages.extend('clike', {
 			pattern: /((?:^|})\s*)(?:catch|finally)\b/,
 			lookbehind: true
 		},
-		/\b(?:as|async|await|break|case|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|undefined|var|void|while|with|yield)\b/
+		/\b(?:as|async(?=\s*(?:function\b|\(|[$\w\xA0-\uFFFF]|$))|await|break|case|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|undefined|var|void|while|with|yield)\b/
 	],
 	'number': /\b(?:(?:0[xX][\dA-Fa-f]+|0[bB][01]+|0[oO][0-7]+)n?|\d+n|NaN|Infinity)\b|(?:\b\d+\.?\d*|\B\.\d+)(?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)?/,
 	// Allow for all non-ASCII characters (See http://stackoverflow.com/a/2008444)
diff --git a/tests/languages/javascript/keyword_feature.test b/tests/languages/javascript/keyword_feature.test
index ad6f720dc8..b88d1bb9b1 100644
--- a/tests/languages/javascript/keyword_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/javascript/keyword_feature.test
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 catch finally;
+async function;
 
-as; async; await; break; case;
+as; await; break; case;
 class; const; continue; debugger;
 default; delete; do; else; enum;
 export; extends; for;
-from; function; get; if; implements;
+from; get; if; implements;
 import; in; instanceof; interface; let;
 new; null; of; package; private;
 protected; public; return; set; static;
@@ -18,8 +19,10 @@ with; yield;
 	["keyword", "catch"],
 	["keyword", "finally"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 
+	["keyword", "async"],
+	["keyword", "function"], ["punctuation", ";"],
+
 	["keyword", "as"], ["punctuation", ";"],
-	["keyword", "async"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["keyword", "await"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["keyword", "break"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["keyword", "case"], ["punctuation", ";"],
@@ -36,7 +39,6 @@ with; yield;
 	["keyword", "extends"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["keyword", "for"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["keyword", "from"], ["punctuation", ";"],
-	["keyword", "function"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["keyword", "get"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["keyword", "if"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["keyword", "implements"], ["punctuation", ";"],
diff --git a/tests/languages/javascript/variable_feature.test b/tests/languages/javascript/variable_feature.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8ffc6bdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/languages/javascript/variable_feature.test
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+let async = true;
+
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+[
+	["keyword", "let"],
+	" async ",
+	["operator", "="],
+	["boolean", "true"],
+	["punctuation", ";"]
+]
+
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+Checks for variables with special names.