--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -1725,20 +1725,71 @@ check_prevcol(linep, col, ch, prevcol)
     return (col >= 0 && linep[col] == ch) ? TRUE : FALSE;
 }
 
+static int find_rawstring_end __ARGS((char_u *linep, pos_T *startpos, pos_T *endpos));
+
+/*
+ * Raw string start is found at linep[startpos.col - 1].
+ * Return TRUE if the matching end can be found between startpos and endpos.
+ */
+    static int
+find_rawstring_end(linep, startpos, endpos)
+    char_u  *linep;
+    pos_T   *startpos;
+    pos_T   *endpos;
+{
+    char_u	*p;
+    char_u	*delim_copy;
+    size_t	delim_len;
+    linenr_T	lnum;
+    int		found = FALSE;
+
+    for (p = linep + startpos->col + 1; *p && *p != '('; ++p)
+	;
+    delim_len = (p - linep) - startpos->col - 1;
+    delim_copy = vim_strnsave(linep + startpos->col + 1, delim_len);
+    if (delim_copy == NULL)
+	return FALSE;
+    for (lnum = startpos->lnum; lnum <= endpos->lnum; ++lnum)
+    {
+	char_u *line = ml_get(lnum);
+
+	for (p = line + (lnum == startpos->lnum
+					    ? startpos->col + 1 : 0); *p; ++p)
+	{
+	    if (lnum == endpos->lnum && (colnr_T)(p - line) >= endpos->col)
+		break;
+	    if (*p == ')' && p[delim_len + 1] == '"'
+			  && STRNCMP(delim_copy, p + 1, delim_len) == 0)
+	    {
+		found = TRUE;
+		break;
+	    }
+	}
+	if (found)
+	    break;
+    }
+    vim_free(delim_copy);
+    return found;
+}
+
 /*
  * findmatchlimit -- find the matching paren or brace, if it exists within
- * maxtravel lines of here.  A maxtravel of 0 means search until falling off
- * the edge of the file.
+ * maxtravel lines of the cursor.  A maxtravel of 0 means search until falling
+ * off the edge of the file.
  *
  * "initc" is the character to find a match for.  NUL means to find the
- * character at or after the cursor.
+ * character at or after the cursor. Special values:
+ * '*'  look for C-style comment / *
+ * '/'  look for C-style comment / *, ignoring comment-end
+ * '#'  look for preprocessor directives
+ * 'R'  look for raw string start: R"delim(text)delim" (only backwards)
  *
  * flags: FM_BACKWARD	search backwards (when initc is '/', '*' or '#')
  *	  FM_FORWARD	search forwards (when initc is '/', '*' or '#')
  *	  FM_BLOCKSTOP	stop at start/end of block ({ or } in column 0)
  *	  FM_SKIPCOMM	skip comments (not implemented yet!)
  *
- * "oap" is only used to set oap->motion_type for a linewise motion, it be
+ * "oap" is only used to set oap->motion_type for a linewise motion, it can be
  * NULL
  */
 
@@ -1754,6 +1805,7 @@ findmatchlimit(oap, initc, flags, maxtra
     int		c;
     int		count = 0;		/* cumulative number of braces */
     int		backwards = FALSE;	/* init for gcc */
+    int		raw_string = FALSE;	/* search for raw string */
     int		inquote = FALSE;	/* TRUE when inside quotes */
     char_u	*linep;			/* pointer to current line */
     char_u	*ptr;
@@ -1798,12 +1850,13 @@ findmatchlimit(oap, initc, flags, maxtra
      * When '/' is used, we ignore running backwards into an star-slash, for
      * "[*" command, we just want to find any comment.
      */
-    if (initc == '/' || initc == '*')
+    if (initc == '/' || initc == '*' || initc == 'R')
     {
 	comment_dir = dir;
 	if (initc == '/')
 	    ignore_cend = TRUE;
 	backwards = (dir == FORWARD) ? FALSE : TRUE;
+	raw_string = (initc == 'R');
 	initc = NUL;
     }
     else if (initc != '#' && initc != NUL)
@@ -1812,12 +1865,12 @@ findmatchlimit(oap, initc, flags, maxtra
 	if (findc == NUL)
 	    return NULL;
     }
-    /*
-     * Either initc is '#', or no initc was given and we need to look under the
-     * cursor.
-     */
     else
     {
+	/*
+	 * Either initc is '#', or no initc was given and we need to look
+	 * under the cursor.
+	 */
 	if (initc == '#')
 	{
 	    hash_dir = dir;
@@ -2135,6 +2188,26 @@ findmatchlimit(oap, initc, flags, maxtra
 		 */
 		if (pos.col == 0)
 		    continue;
+		else if (raw_string)
+		{
+		    if (linep[pos.col - 1] == 'R'
+			&& linep[pos.col] == '"'
+			&& vim_strchr(linep + pos.col + 1, '(') != NULL)
+		    {
+			/* Possible start of raw string. Now that we have the
+			 * delimiter we can check if it ends before where we
+			 * started searching, or before the previously found
+			 * raw string start. */
+			if (!find_rawstring_end(linep, &pos,
+				  count > 0 ? &match_pos : &curwin->w_cursor))
+			{
+			    count++;
+			    match_pos = pos;
+			    match_pos.col--;
+			}
+			linep = ml_get(pos.lnum); /* may have been released */
+		    }
+		}
 		else if (  linep[pos.col - 1] == '/'
 			&& linep[pos.col] == '*'
 			&& (int)pos.col < comment_col)