diff --git a/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderArm.cpp b/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderArm.cpp
index 9e8f96ad15..f8ee947850 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderArm.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderArm.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 // Official git repository and contact information can be found at
 // https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
 
+// This allows highlighting to work.  Yay.
+#ifdef __INTELLISENSE__
+#define ARM
+#endif
+
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "Common/CPUDetect.h"
 #include "Core/Config.h"
diff --git a/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderArm64.cpp b/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderArm64.cpp
index 30b1a1d147..1e0b926d86 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderArm64.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderArm64.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 // Official git repository and contact information can be found at
 // https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
 
+// This allows highlighting to work.  Yay.
+#ifdef __INTELLISENSE__
+#define ARM64
+#endif
+
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "Common/CPUDetect.h"
 #include "Core/Config.h"