diff --git a/packages/vscode-extension/package.json b/packages/vscode-extension/package.json
index 6345004bf..0ef432c9a 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-extension/package.json
+++ b/packages/vscode-extension/package.json
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@
           "meta.embedded.block.cypher": "cypher"
         }
       },
+      {
+        "injectTo": [
+          "text.asciidoc"
+        ],
+        "scopeName": "inline.cypher.asciidoc.codeblock",
+        "path": "./syntaxes/cypher.adoc.json",
+        "embeddedLanguages": {
+          "meta.embedded.block.cypher": "cypher"
+        }
+      },
       {
         "injectTo": [
           "source.js",
diff --git a/packages/vscode-extension/syntaxes/cypher.adoc.json b/packages/vscode-extension/syntaxes/cypher.adoc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62dfcaae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vscode-extension/syntaxes/cypher.adoc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  "scopeName": "inline.cypher.asciidoc.codeblock",
+  "injectionSelector": "L:text.asciidoc -meta.embedded.block",
+  "patterns": [
+    {
+      "name": "markup.code.cypher.asciidoc",
+      "begin": "^\\[(source)(,|#)\\s*(?i:(cypher))([^\\]]+)*\\]\\s*$",
+      "beginCaptures": {
+        "1": {
+          "name": "markup.meta.attribute-list.asciidoc entity.name.function.asciidoc"
+        },
+        "3": {
+          "name": "markup.meta.attribute-list.asciidoc markup.heading.asciidoc"
+        },
+        "4": {
+          "name": "markup.meta.attribute-list.asciidoc markup.heading.asciidoc"
+        }
+      },
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "comment": "listing block",
+          "begin": "^(-{4,})\\s*$",
+          "contentName": "source.block.cypher",
+          "patterns": [
+            {
+              "include": "source.cypher"
+            }
+          ],
+          "end": "^(\\1)$"
+        },
+        {
+          "comment": "open block",
+          "begin": "^(-{2})\\s*$",
+          "contentName": "source.embedded.cypher",
+          "patterns": [
+            {
+              "include": "source.cypher"
+            }
+          ],
+          "end": "^(\\1)$"
+        }
+      ],
+      "end": "((?<=--|\\.\\.\\.\\.)$|^\\s*$)"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/vscode-extension/tests/fixtures/textmate/simple-match.adoc b/packages/vscode-extension/tests/fixtures/textmate/simple-match.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..823550388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vscode-extension/tests/fixtures/textmate/simple-match.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+[source,java]
+----
+import org.neo4j.cypherdsl.parser.CypherParser;
+
+public class Demo {
+	public static void main(String...a) {
+		var node = CypherParser.parseNode("(m:Movie)");
+	}
+}
+----
+Some random text
+
+
+[source,cypher]
+----
+/* This is a
+multiline comment
+*/
+MATCH (u1:CommerceUser{user_id:$seller_id}),
+      (u2:CommerceUser{user_id:$customer_id}),
+    p = allShortestPaths((u1)-[:PURCHASE*..10]->(u2))
+WHERE u1 <> u2
+WITH
+    // This is a single line comment
+    reduce(output = [], n IN relationships(p) | output + n.create_time.epochMillis ) as relsDate,
+    reduce(output = [], n IN nodes(p) | output + n ) as nodes,
+    "double quoted string" as a,
+    'single quoted string' as b
+RETURN relsDate, nodes
+LIMIT $limit
+----
+
+Some other text
+
+[source,cypher,indent=0,tabsize=4]
+----
+MATCH (n) RETURN n
+----
\ No newline at end of file