diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/lexer/JavaHighlightingLexer.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/lexer/JavaHighlightingLexer.java
index 3642cd44d5d7..171514851b3c 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/lexer/JavaHighlightingLexer.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/lexer/JavaHighlightingLexer.java
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ public class JavaHighlightingLexer extends LayeredLexer {
     registerSelfStoppingLayer(new StringLiteralLexer('\"', JavaTokenType.STRING_LITERAL),
                               new IElementType[]{JavaTokenType.STRING_LITERAL}, IElementType.EMPTY_ARRAY);
 
+    registerSelfStoppingLayer(new StringLiteralLexer('\"', JavaTokenType.TEXT_BLOCK_LITERAL),
+                              new IElementType[]{JavaTokenType.TEXT_BLOCK_LITERAL}, IElementType.EMPTY_ARRAY);
+
     registerSelfStoppingLayer(new StringLiteralLexer('\'', JavaTokenType.STRING_LITERAL),
                               new IElementType[]{JavaTokenType.CHARACTER_LITERAL}, IElementType.EMPTY_ARRAY);