diff --git a/modules/cgit/manifests/init.pp b/modules/cgit/manifests/init.pp
index e0a3768d31..06f0e75b65 100644
--- a/modules/cgit/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/cgit/manifests/init.pp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class cgit(
   package { [
       'cgit',
       'git-daemon',
+      'highlight',
       'socat',
     ]:
     ensure => present,
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/git/cgitrc b/modules/openstack_project/files/git/cgitrc
index 3befb75d32..1088f162da 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/git/cgitrc
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/git/cgitrc
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ mimetype.png=image/png
 mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
 
 # Enable syntax highlighting (requires the highlight package)
-#source-filter=/usr/libexec/cgit/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh
+source-filter=/usr/libexec/cgit/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh
 
 # Increase the number of entries to list per page on the repository
 # index page (default 50)
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/git/openstack.css b/modules/openstack_project/files/git/openstack.css
index cd75dbf9aa..6c436a0354 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/git/openstack.css
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/git/openstack.css
@@ -66,3 +66,17 @@ div#cgit table.list tr.nohover {
 div#cgit table.list tr.nohover:hover {
   background: #eef3f5;
 }
+
+/* Syntax highlighting */
+div#cgit table.blob .num  { color:#2928ff; }
+div#cgit table.blob .esc  { color:#ff00ff; }
+div#cgit table.blob .str  { color:#ff0000; }
+div#cgit table.blob .dstr { color:#818100; }
+div#cgit table.blob .slc  { color:#838183; font-style:italic; }
+div#cgit table.blob .com  { color:#838183; font-style:italic; }
+div#cgit table.blob .dir  { color:#008200; }
+div#cgit table.blob .sym  { color:#000000; }
+div#cgit table.blob .kwa  { color:#000000; font-weight:bold; }
+div#cgit table.blob .kwb  { color:#830000; }
+div#cgit table.blob .kwc  { color:#000000; font-weight:bold; }
+div#cgit table.blob .kwd  { color:#010181; }