diff --git a/python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/PyElementVisitor.java b/python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/PyElementVisitor.java
index 1d102df30cbf..18444383b3f8 100644
--- a/python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/PyElementVisitor.java
+++ b/python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/PyElementVisitor.java
@@ -253,4 +253,8 @@ public class PyElementVisitor extends PsiElementVisitor {
   public void visitPyConditionalExpression(PyConditionalExpression node) {
     visitPyElement(node);
   }
+
+  public void visitPyKeywordArgument(PyKeywordArgument node) {
+    visitPyElement(node);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PyHighlighter.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PyHighlighter.java
index ba35b492a0cd..b32606a196e3 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PyHighlighter.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PyHighlighter.java
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ public class PyHighlighter extends SyntaxHighlighterBase {
   public static final TextAttributesKey PY_SELF_PARAMETER = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
     "PY.SELF_PARAMETER", new TextAttributes(new Color(148, 85, 141), null, null, null, Font.PLAIN));
 
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_KEYWORD_ARGUMENT = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
+    "PY.KEYWORD_ARGUMENT", new TextAttributes(new Color(102, 0, 153), null, null, null, Font.PLAIN));
+
   public static final TextAttributesKey PY_VALID_STRING_ESCAPE = _copy("PY.VALID_STRING_ESCAPE", VALID_STRING_ESCAPE);
 
   public static final TextAttributesKey PY_INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE = _copy("PY.INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE", INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE);
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PythonColorsPage.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PythonColorsPage.java
index b46b801d9f04..9c061fd8c5c8 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PythonColorsPage.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PythonColorsPage.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class PythonColorsPage implements ColorSettingsPage, InspectionColorSetti
     new AttributesDescriptor("Predefined name", PyHighlighter.PY_PREDEFINED_USAGE),
     new AttributesDescriptor("Parameter", PyHighlighter.PY_PARAMETER),
     new AttributesDescriptor("'self' parameter", PyHighlighter.PY_SELF_PARAMETER),
+    new AttributesDescriptor("Keyword argument", PyHighlighter.PY_KEYWORD_ARGUMENT),
     new AttributesDescriptor("Valid escape sequence", PyHighlighter.PY_VALID_STRING_ESCAPE),
     new AttributesDescriptor("Invalid escape sequence", PyHighlighter.PY_INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE),
   };
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ public class PythonColorsPage implements ColorSettingsPage, InspectionColorSetti
     .put("builtin", PyHighlighter.PY_BUILTIN_NAME)
     .put("self", PyHighlighter.PY_SELF_PARAMETER)
     .put("param", PyHighlighter.PY_PARAMETER)
+    .put("kwarg", PyHighlighter.PY_KEYWORD_ARGUMENT)
     .build();
 
   @NotNull
@@ -99,9 +101,9 @@ public class PythonColorsPage implements ColorSettingsPage, InspectionColorSetti
       "\n"+
       "class <classDef>Foo</classDef>:\n"+
       "    def <predefined>__init__</predefined>(<self>self</self>):\n" +
-      "        <self>self</self>.sense = None\n" +
       "        byte_string = 'newline:\\n also newline:\\x0a'\n" +
       "        text_string = u\"Cyrillic \u042f is \\u042f. Oops: \\u042g\"\n"+
+      "        <self>self</self>.makeSense(<kwarg>whatever</kwarg>=1)\n" +
       "    \n" +
       "    def <funcDef>makeSense</funcDef>(<self>self</self>, <param>whatever</param>):\n"+
       "        <self>self</self>.sense = <param>whatever</param>\n"+
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyKeywordArgumentImpl.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyKeywordArgumentImpl.java
index c1e05dc0f364..02cba3fe8e95 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyKeywordArgumentImpl.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyKeywordArgumentImpl.java
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.IncorrectOperationException;
 import com.jetbrains.python.PyTokenTypes;
-import com.jetbrains.python.psi.LanguageLevel;
-import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyElementGenerator;
-import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyExpression;
-import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyKeywordArgument;
+import com.jetbrains.python.psi.*;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyType;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.TypeEvalContext;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
@@ -73,4 +70,9 @@ public class PyKeywordArgumentImpl extends PyElementImpl implements PyKeywordArg
     getNode().replaceChild(getKeywordNode(), keywordArgument.getKeywordNode());
     return this;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void acceptPyVisitor(PyElementVisitor pyVisitor) {
+    pyVisitor.visitPyKeywordArgument(this);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/validation/HighlightingAnnotator.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/validation/HighlightingAnnotator.java
index 9b66ae61d5f1..3e665a2e6be8 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/validation/HighlightingAnnotator.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/validation/HighlightingAnnotator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.jetbrains.python.validation;
 
+import com.intellij.lang.ASTNode;
 import com.intellij.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@ public class HighlightingAnnotator extends PyAnnotator {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void visitPyKeywordArgument(PyKeywordArgument node) {
+    ASTNode keywordNode = node.getKeywordNode();
+    if (keywordNode != null) {
+      Annotation annotation = getHolder().createInfoAnnotation(keywordNode, null);
+      annotation.setTextAttributes(PyHighlighter.PY_KEYWORD_ARGUMENT);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static boolean isSelf(PyParameter node, PyFunction function) {
     final PyNamedParameter named = node.getAsNamed();
     if (named != null) {