diff --git a/syntax/haml.vim b/syntax/haml.vim
index 754d6be..7d5099e 100644
--- a/syntax/haml.vim
+++ b/syntax/haml.vim
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ syn region  hamlObject         matchgroup=hamlObjectDelimiter     start="\[" end
 syn match   hamlDespacer "[<>]" contained nextgroup=hamlDespacer,hamlSelfCloser,hamlRuby,hamlPlainChar,hamlInterpolatable
 syn match   hamlSelfCloser "/" contained
 syn match   hamlClassChar "\." contained nextgroup=hamlClass
-syn match   hamlIdChar    "#"  contained nextgroup=hamlId
+syn match   hamlIdChar "#{\@!" contained nextgroup=hamlId
 syn match   hamlClass "\%(\w\|-\)\+" contained nextgroup=@hamlComponent
 syn match   hamlId    "\%(\w\|-\)\+" contained nextgroup=@hamlComponent
 syn region  hamlDocType start="^\s*!!!" end="$"