diff --git a/lib/rouge/lexers/kotlin.rb b/lib/rouge/lexers/kotlin.rb
index fe83a2adb0..a2cc138878 100644
--- a/lib/rouge/lexers/kotlin.rb
+++ b/lib/rouge/lexers/kotlin.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ class Kotlin < RegexLexer
         rule %r'/[*].*[*]/', Comment::Multiline # single line block comment
         rule %r'/[*].*', Comment::Multiline, :comment # multiline block comment
         rule %r'\n', Text
+        rule %r'(::)(class)' do
+          groups Operator, Keyword
+        end
         rule %r'::|!!|\?[:.]', Operator
         rule %r"(\.\.)", Operator
         # Number literals