diff --git a/python.vim b/python.vim
index c6b498b..7b95821 100644
--- a/python.vim
+++ b/python.vim
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ if exists("python_highlight_doctests") && python_highlight_doctests != 0
 endif
 
 " Numbers (ints, longs, floats, complex)
+syn match   pythonHexError	"\<0[xX]\x*[g-zG-Z]\x*[lL]\=\>" display
+
 syn match   pythonHexNumber	"\<0[xX]\x\+[lL]\=\>" display
 syn match   pythonOctNumber "\<0[oO]\o\+[lL]\=\>" display
 syn match   pythonBinNumber "\<0[bB][01]\+[lL]\=\>" display
@@ -220,7 +222,6 @@ syn match   pythonFloat		"\<\d\+[eE][+-]\=\d\+[jJ]\=\>" display
 syn match   pythonFloat		"\<\d\+\.\d*\([eE][+-]\=\d\+\)\=[jJ]\=" display
 
 syn match   pythonOctError	"\<0[oO]\=\o*[8-9]\d*[lL]\=\>" display
-syn match   pythonHexError	"\<0[xX]\x*[g-zG-Z]\x*[lL]\=\>" display
 syn match   pythonBinError	"\<0[bB][01]*[2-9]\d*[lL]\=\>" display
 
 if exists("python_highlight_builtins") && python_highlight_builtins != 0
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index c97e51d..f961d5f 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RuntimeWarning FutureWarning OverflowWarning ImportWarning UnicodeWarning
 
 # Numbers
 
-0 0x1f 077 .3 12.34 100L 0j 0j 34.2E-3 0b10 0o77
+0 0x1f 077 .3 12.34 100L 0j 0j 34.2E-3 0b10 0o77 0xfffffffL
 
 # Erroneous numbers