diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/prefs/state.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/prefs/state.cpp
index 3de90e468..3921e32f2 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/prefs/state.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/prefs/state.cpp
@@ -152,10 +152,12 @@ void CSMPrefs::State::declare()
         setRange (0, 10000);
     declareInt ("error-height", "Initial height of the error panel", 100).
         setRange (100, 10000);
+    declareBool ("highlight-occurrences", "Highlight other occurrences of selected names", true);
     declareSeparator();
     declareColour ("colour-int", "Highlight Colour: Integer Literals", QColor ("darkmagenta"));
     declareColour ("colour-float", "Highlight Colour: Float Literals", QColor ("magenta"));
     declareColour ("colour-name", "Highlight Colour: Names", QColor ("grey"));
+    declareColour ("colour-highlight", "Highlight Colour: Highlighting", QColor("palegreen"));
     declareColour ("colour-keyword", "Highlight Colour: Keywords", QColor ("red"));
     declareColour ("colour-special", "Highlight Colour: Special Characters", QColor ("darkorange"));
     declareColour ("colour-comment", "Highlight Colour: Comments", QColor ("green"));
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
index bfd07035c..1105404b3 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::ScriptEdit(
     mDefaultFont(font()),
     mMonoFont(QFont("Monospace")),
     mTabCharCount(4),
+    mMarkOccurrences(true),
     mDocument(document),
     mWhiteListQoutes("^[a-z|_]{1}[a-z|0-9|_]{0,}$", Qt::CaseInsensitive)
 {
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::ScriptEdit(
                   <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Weapon
                   <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Script
                   <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Region;
+    
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(cursorPositionChanged()), this, SLOT(markOccurrences()));
 
     mCommentAction = new QAction (tr ("Comment Selection"), this);
     connect(mCommentAction, SIGNAL (triggered()), this, SLOT (commentSelection()));
@@ -242,6 +245,13 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::settingChanged(const CSMPrefs::Setting *setting)
         mTabCharCount = setting->toInt();
         setTabWidth();
     }
+    else if (*setting == "Scripts/highlight-occurrences")
+    {
+        mMarkOccurrences = setting->isTrue();
+        mHighlighter->setMarkedWord("");
+        updateHighlighting();
+        mHighlighter->setMarkOccurrences(mMarkOccurrences);
+    }
 }
 
 void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::idListChanged()
@@ -296,6 +306,25 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::updateLineNumberArea(const QRect &rect, int dy)
         updateLineNumberAreaWidth(0);
 }
 
+void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::markOccurrences()
+{
+    if (mMarkOccurrences)
+    {
+        QTextCursor cursor = textCursor();
+
+        // prevent infinite recursion with cursor.select(),
+        // which ends up calling this function again
+        // could be fixed with blockSignals, but mDocument is const
+        disconnect(this, SIGNAL(cursorPositionChanged()), this, 0);
+        cursor.select(QTextCursor::WordUnderCursor);
+        connect(this, SIGNAL(cursorPositionChanged()), this, SLOT(markOccurrences()));
+
+        QString word = cursor.selectedText();
+        mHighlighter->setMarkedWord(word.toStdString());
+        mHighlighter->rehighlight();
+    }
+}
+  
 void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::commentSelection()
 {
     QTextCursor begin = textCursor();
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
index a788eaccf..b0a4b0577 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ namespace CSVWorld
             QFont mDefaultFont;
             QFont mMonoFont;
             int mTabCharCount;
+            bool mMarkOccurrences;
             QAction *mCommentAction;
             QAction *mUncommentAction;
 
@@ -117,9 +118,12 @@ namespace CSVWorld
 
             void updateLineNumberArea(const QRect &, int);
 
+            void markOccurrences();
+            
             void commentSelection();
 
             void uncommentSelection();
+            
     };
 
     class LineNumberArea : public QWidget
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scripthighlighter.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scripthighlighter.cpp
index 846a61b47..6aba66053 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scripthighlighter.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scripthighlighter.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptHighlighter::highlight (const Compiler::TokenLoc& loc, Type
     // compensate for bug in Compiler::Scanner (position of token is the character after the token)
     index -= length;
 
-    setFormat (index, length, mScheme[type]);
+    QTextCharFormat scheme = mScheme[type];
+    if (mMarkOccurrences && type == Type_Name && loc.mLiteral == mMarkedWord)
+        scheme.merge(mScheme[Type_Highlight]);
+
+    setFormat (index, length, scheme);
 }
 
 CSVWorld::ScriptHighlighter::ScriptHighlighter (const CSMWorld::Data& data, Mode mode,
@@ -105,6 +109,16 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptHighlighter::highlightBlock (const QString& text)
     catch (...) {} // ignore syntax errors
 }
 
+void CSVWorld::ScriptHighlighter::setMarkOccurrences(bool flag)
+{
+    mMarkOccurrences = flag;
+}
+
+void CSVWorld::ScriptHighlighter::setMarkedWord(const std::string& name)
+{
+    mMarkedWord = name;
+}
+
 void CSVWorld::ScriptHighlighter::invalidateIds()
 {
     mContext.invalidateIds();
@@ -117,7 +131,7 @@ bool CSVWorld::ScriptHighlighter::settingChanged (const CSMPrefs::Setting *setti
         static const char *const colours[Type_Id+2] =
         {
             "colour-int", "colour-float", "colour-name", "colour-keyword",
-            "colour-special", "colour-comment", "colour-id",
+            "colour-special", "colour-comment", "colour-highlight", "colour-id",
             0
         };
 
@@ -125,7 +139,10 @@ bool CSVWorld::ScriptHighlighter::settingChanged (const CSMPrefs::Setting *setti
             if (setting->getKey()==colours[i])
             {
                 QTextCharFormat format;
-                format.setForeground (setting->toColor());
+                if (i == Type_Highlight)
+                    format.setBackground (setting->toColor());
+                else
+                    format.setForeground (setting->toColor());
                 mScheme[static_cast<Type> (i)] = format;
                 return true;
             }
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scripthighlighter.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scripthighlighter.hpp
index 33824da0d..a7d0fc2a1 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scripthighlighter.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scripthighlighter.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CSV_WORLD_SCRIPTHIGHLIGHTER_H
 
 #include <map>
+#include <string>
 
 #include <QSyntaxHighlighter>
 
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ namespace CSVWorld
                 Type_Keyword = 3,
                 Type_Special = 4,
                 Type_Comment = 5,
-                Type_Id = 6
+                Type_Highlight = 6,
+                Type_Id = 7
             };
 
             enum Mode
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ namespace CSVWorld
             CSMWorld::ScriptContext mContext;
             std::map<Type, QTextCharFormat> mScheme;
             Mode mMode;
+            bool mMarkOccurrences;
+            std::string mMarkedWord;
 
         private:
 
@@ -91,6 +95,10 @@ namespace CSVWorld
 
             virtual void highlightBlock (const QString& text);
 
+            void setMarkOccurrences(bool);
+
+            void setMarkedWord(const std::string& name);
+
             void invalidateIds();
 
             bool settingChanged (const CSMPrefs::Setting *setting);