diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d08b16a..c8d45af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@
         "scopeName": "source.opengoal-ir",
         "path": "./syntaxes/opengoal-ir.tmLanguage.json",
         "embeddedLanguages": {
-          "meta.embedded.block.opengoal": "opengoal"
+          "meta.embedded.block.opengoal": "opengoal",
+          "meta.embedded.block.mips2c": "cpp"
         }
       }
     ],
diff --git a/syntaxes/opengoal-ir.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/opengoal-ir.tmLanguage.json
index a37f1f9..34b64f1 100644
--- a/syntaxes/opengoal-ir.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/opengoal-ir.tmLanguage.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     {
       "include": "#goalCode"
     },
+    {
+      "include": "#mips2c"
+    },
     {
       "include": "#errorsAndWarnings"
     },
@@ -23,6 +26,16 @@
     }
   ],
   "repository": {
+    "mips2c": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "name": "meta.embedded.block.mips2c",
+          "begin": ";;-\\*-MIPS2C-Start-\\*-",
+          "end": ";;-\\*-MIPS2C-End-\\*-",
+          "patterns": [{ "include": "source.cpp" }]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     "goalCode": {
       "patterns": [
         {