diff --git a/grammars/go.cson b/grammars/go.cson
index 5b70f05..5edc5d9 100644
--- a/grammars/go.cson
+++ b/grammars/go.cson
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@
       '1':
         'name': 'entity.name.type.go'
   }
+  {
+    'include': '#types_init'
+  }
+  {
+         'comment': 'Make statements'
+         'match': '(?<=make\\()([^,\\)]*)'
+         'captures':
+             '1':
+                 'patterns': [
+                     {
+                         'include': '#types'
+                     }
+                 ]
+  }
   {
     'comment': 'Shorthand variable declaration and assignments'
     'match': '[a-zA-Z_]\\w*(?:,\\s*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)*(?=\\s*:=)'
@@ -488,3 +502,94 @@
             ]
       }
     ]
+  'types_init':
+        'patterns': [
+            {
+                'match': '(([\\w_][\\w\\d_]*\\.)?[\\w_][\\w\\d_]*)(?=\\{)'
+                'captures':
+                    '1':
+                        'patterns': [
+                                {
+                                    'include': '#types'
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        }
+                        {
+                            'match': '(?<=map\\[)([^\\]]+)(\\])([^\\{]+)(?=\\{)'
+                            'captures':
+                                '1':
+                                    'patterns': [
+                                        {
+                                            'include': '#types'
+                                        }
+                                    ]
+                                '2':
+                                    'patterns': [
+                                        {
+                                            'include': '#brackets'
+                                        }
+                                    ]
+                                '3':
+                                    'patterns': [
+                                        {
+                                            'include': '#types'
+                                        }
+                                    ]
+                        }
+                    ]
+  'types':
+        'patterns': [
+            {
+                'include': '#brackets'
+            }
+            {
+                'include': '#storage_types'
+            }
+            {
+                'include': '#keywords'
+            }
+            {
+                'match': '\\b(chan)\\b(\\s+|\\s*<-\\s*|\\s*->\\s*)(.+)'
+                'captures':
+                    '1':
+                        'name': 'keyword.go'
+                    '3':
+                        'patterns': [
+                            {
+                                'include': '#types'
+                            }
+                        ]
+            }
+            {
+                'match': '\\b(map)\\b\\[([^\\]]+)\\]([^\\{]+){'
+                'captures':
+                    '1':
+                        'name': 'keyword.go'
+                    '2':
+                        'patterns': [
+                            {
+                                'include': '#types'
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    '3':
+                        'patterns': [
+                            {
+                                'include': '#types'
+                            }
+                        ]
+            }
+            {
+                'match': '(([\\w_][\\w\\d_]*)(\\.))?([\\w_][\\w\\d_]*)'
+                'captures':
+                    '2':
+                        'name': 'entity.name.package.go'
+                    '3':
+                        'patterns': [
+                            {
+                                'include': '#delimiters'
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    '4':
+                        'name': 'entity.name.type.go'
+            }
+        ]
diff --git a/spec/go-spec.coffee b/spec/go-spec.coffee
index 07c90ac..4f98397 100644
--- a/spec/go-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/go-spec.coffee
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ describe 'Go grammar', ->
           testVarDeclaration decl[1], 'foo'
           testOpAddress decl[3], '*'
           testOpBracket closing[0], ')'
-          
+
         it 'tokenizes all parts of variable initializations correctly', ->
           [kwd, decl, init, _, closing] = grammar.tokenizeLines 'var (\n\tm = map[string]int{\n\t\t"key": 10,\n\t}\n)'
           testVar kwd[0]
@@ -634,3 +634,87 @@ describe 'Go grammar', ->
           testVarAssignment tokens[8], 'z'
           testOpAssignment tokens[10], ':='
           testOpTermination tokens[16], ';'
+
+
+  describe 'testing type highlighting', ->
+    describe 'in initialization statements', ->
+        typeCheckers = [
+            {
+                strToCheck: 'a.A',
+                expected:
+                    [{ value: 'a', scope: 'entity.name.package.go'},
+                    { value: '.', scope: 'punctuation.other.period.go'},
+                    { value: 'A', scope: 'entity.name.type.go'}]
+            },
+            {
+                strToCheck: 'A',
+                expected:
+                    [{value: 'A', scope: 'entity.name.type.go'}]
+            },
+            {
+                strToCheck: '[]A',
+                expected:
+                    [{value: '[', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.square.go'},
+                    {value: ']', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.square.go'},
+                    {value: 'A', scope: 'entity.name.type.go'}]
+            },
+            {
+                strToCheck: 'map[int]B',
+                expected:
+                    [{value: 'map', scope: 'keyword.map.go'},
+                    {value: '[', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.square.go'},
+                    {value: 'int', scope: 'storage.type.numeric.go'},
+                    {value: ']', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.square.go'},
+                    {value: 'B', scope: 'entity.name.type.go'}]
+            },
+            {
+                strToCheck: 'map[B]int',
+                expected:
+                    [{value: 'map', scope: 'keyword.map.go'},
+                    {value: '[', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.square.go'},
+                    {value: 'B', scope: 'entity.name.type.go'},
+                    {value: ']', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.square.go'},
+                    {value: 'int', scope: 'storage.type.numeric.go'}]
+            },
+        ]
+        testValueAndScope = (token, expected) ->
+            expect(token.value).toBe expected.value
+            expect(token.scopes).toEqual ['source.go', expected.scope]
+        verifyInit = (offset, expected, tokens) ->
+            for i in [0..expected.length-1]
+                console.log tokens[i], expected[i]
+                testValueAndScope tokens[i+offset], expected[i]
+        describe 'in initialize statements with curly braces ', ->
+            it 'tokenizes the package, type and puctuation', ->
+                for checker in typeCheckers
+                    {tokens} = grammar.tokenizeLine checker.strToCheck+'{'
+                    verifyInit 0, checker.expected,  tokens
+                    testValueAndScope tokens[checker.expected.length], {value: '{', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.curly.go'}
+
+        describe 'in initialize statements with make', ->
+            toTest = typeCheckers.concat [{
+                    strToCheck: 'string',
+                    expected:
+                        [{value: 'string', scope: 'storage.type.string.go'}]
+                },
+                {
+                    strToCheck: 'chan <- A',
+                    expected:
+                        [{value: 'chan', scope: 'entity.name.type.go'},
+                        {value: '<-', scope: 'entity.name.type.go'},
+                        {value: 'A', scope: 'entity.name.type.go'}]
+                }]
+            it 'tokenizes the package, type and puctuation in simple make statemnt', ->
+                for checker in typeCheckers
+                    {tokens} = grammar.tokenizeLine 'make(' + checker.strToCheck+ ')'
+                    verifyInit 2, checker.expected,  tokens
+                    testValueAndScope tokens[0], {value: 'make', scope: 'support.function.builtin.go'}
+                    testValueAndScope tokens[1], {value: '(', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.round.go'}
+                    testValueAndScope tokens[2 + checker.expected.length], {value: ')', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.round.go'}
+            it 'tokenizes the package, type and puctuation in a non-simple make statemnt', ->
+                for checker in typeCheckers
+                    {tokens} = grammar.tokenizeLine 'make(' + checker.strToCheck+ ','
+                    verifyInit 2, checker.expected,  tokens
+                    testValueAndScope tokens[0], {value: 'make', scope: 'support.function.builtin.go'}
+                    testValueAndScope tokens[1], {value: '(', scope: 'punctuation.other.bracket.round.go'}
+                    testValueAndScope tokens[2 + checker.expected.length], {value: ',', scope: 'punctuation.other.comma.go'}