diff --git a/vim/syntax/html.vim b/vim/syntax/html.vim
index 8555e71..62e995a 100644
--- a/vim/syntax/html.vim
+++ b/vim/syntax/html.vim
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ syn case ignore
 " mark illegal characters
 syn match htmlError "[<>&]"
 
+if main_syntax == 'html' || main_syntax == 'php'
+  syn region htmlNormal start=".*" end=".*" contains=TOP,HtmlError,HtmlCommentError,htmlPreProcAttrError
+endif
+
 syn region  htmlString   contained start=+"+ end=+"+ contains=htmlSpecialChar,javaScriptExpression,@htmlPreproc keepend
 syn region  htmlString   contained start=+'+ end=+'+ contains=htmlSpecialChar,javaScriptExpression,@htmlPreproc keepend
 
@@ -316,6 +320,7 @@ if main_syntax == "html"
 endif
 
 " The default highlighting.
+hi def link htmlNormal                  Normal
 hi def link htmlTag                     Function
 hi def link htmlEndTag                  Identifier
 hi def link htmlArg                     Type