diff --git a/components/prism-kotlin.js b/components/prism-kotlin.js
index ae1a864e7d..3ade990144 100644
--- a/components/prism-kotlin.js
+++ b/components/prism-kotlin.js
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
 			lookbehind: true
 		},
 		'function': [
-			/\w+(?=\s*\()/,
 			{
-				pattern: /(\.)\w+(?=\s*\{)/,
-				lookbehind: true
+				pattern: /(?:`[^\r\n`]+`|\w+)(?=\s*\()/,
+				greedy: true
+			},
+			{
+				pattern: /(\.)(?:`[^\r\n`]+`|\w+)(?=\s*\{)/,
+				lookbehind: true,
+				greedy: true
 			}
 		],
 		'number': /\b(?:0[xX][\da-fA-F]+(?:_[\da-fA-F]+)*|0[bB][01]+(?:_[01]+)*|\d+(?:_\d+)*(?:\.\d+(?:_\d+)*)?(?:[eE][+-]?\d+(?:_\d+)*)?[fFL]?)\b/,
diff --git a/components/prism-kotlin.min.js b/components/prism-kotlin.min.js
index 45b197e7a0..c6e788a3b2 100644
--- a/components/prism-kotlin.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-kotlin.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(n){n.languages.kotlin=n.languages.extend("clike",{keyword:{pattern:/(^|[^.])\b(?:abstract|actual|annotation|as|break|by|catch|class|companion|const|constructor|continue|crossinline|data|do|dynamic|else|enum|expect|external|final|finally|for|fun|get|if|import|in|infix|init|inline|inner|interface|internal|is|lateinit|noinline|null|object|open|operator|out|override|package|private|protected|public|reified|return|sealed|set|super|suspend|tailrec|this|throw|to|try|typealias|val|var|vararg|when|where|while)\b/,lookbehind:!0},function:[/\w+(?=\s*\()/,{pattern:/(\.)\w+(?=\s*\{)/,lookbehind:!0}],number:/\b(?:0[xX][\da-fA-F]+(?:_[\da-fA-F]+)*|0[bB][01]+(?:_[01]+)*|\d+(?:_\d+)*(?:\.\d+(?:_\d+)*)?(?:[eE][+-]?\d+(?:_\d+)*)?[fFL]?)\b/,operator:/\+[+=]?|-[-=>]?|==?=?|!(?:!|==?)?|[\/*%<>]=?|[?:]:?|\.\.|&&|\|\||\b(?:and|inv|or|shl|shr|ushr|xor)\b/}),delete n.languages.kotlin["class-name"],n.languages.insertBefore("kotlin","string",{"raw-string":{pattern:/("""|''')[\s\S]*?\1/,alias:"string"}}),n.languages.insertBefore("kotlin","keyword",{annotation:{pattern:/\B@(?:\w+:)?(?:[A-Z]\w*|\[[^\]]+\])/,alias:"builtin"}}),n.languages.insertBefore("kotlin","function",{label:{pattern:/\w+@|@\w+/,alias:"symbol"}});var e=[{pattern:/\$\{[^}]+\}/,inside:{delimiter:{pattern:/^\$\{|\}$/,alias:"variable"},rest:n.languages.kotlin}},{pattern:/\$\w+/,alias:"variable"}];n.languages.kotlin.string.inside=n.languages.kotlin["raw-string"].inside={interpolation:e},n.languages.kt=n.languages.kotlin,n.languages.kts=n.languages.kotlin}(Prism);
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+!function(e){e.languages.kotlin=e.languages.extend("clike",{keyword:{pattern:/(^|[^.])\b(?:abstract|actual|annotation|as|break|by|catch|class|companion|const|constructor|continue|crossinline|data|do|dynamic|else|enum|expect|external|final|finally|for|fun|get|if|import|in|infix|init|inline|inner|interface|internal|is|lateinit|noinline|null|object|open|operator|out|override|package|private|protected|public|reified|return|sealed|set|super|suspend|tailrec|this|throw|to|try|typealias|val|var|vararg|when|where|while)\b/,lookbehind:!0},function:[{pattern:/(?:`[^\r\n`]+`|\w+)(?=\s*\()/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(\.)(?:`[^\r\n`]+`|\w+)(?=\s*\{)/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0}],number:/\b(?:0[xX][\da-fA-F]+(?:_[\da-fA-F]+)*|0[bB][01]+(?:_[01]+)*|\d+(?:_\d+)*(?:\.\d+(?:_\d+)*)?(?:[eE][+-]?\d+(?:_\d+)*)?[fFL]?)\b/,operator:/\+[+=]?|-[-=>]?|==?=?|!(?:!|==?)?|[\/*%<>]=?|[?:]:?|\.\.|&&|\|\||\b(?:and|inv|or|shl|shr|ushr|xor)\b/}),delete e.languages.kotlin["class-name"],e.languages.insertBefore("kotlin","string",{"raw-string":{pattern:/("""|''')[\s\S]*?\1/,alias:"string"}}),e.languages.insertBefore("kotlin","keyword",{annotation:{pattern:/\B@(?:\w+:)?(?:[A-Z]\w*|\[[^\]]+\])/,alias:"builtin"}}),e.languages.insertBefore("kotlin","function",{label:{pattern:/\w+@|@\w+/,alias:"symbol"}});var n=[{pattern:/\$\{[^}]+\}/,inside:{delimiter:{pattern:/^\$\{|\}$/,alias:"variable"},rest:e.languages.kotlin}},{pattern:/\$\w+/,alias:"variable"}];e.languages.kotlin.string.inside=e.languages.kotlin["raw-string"].inside={interpolation:n},e.languages.kt=e.languages.kotlin,e.languages.kts=e.languages.kotlin}(Prism);
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diff --git a/tests/languages/kotlin/function_feature.test b/tests/languages/kotlin/function_feature.test
index 8bfd2b2261..29222ecf0c 100644
--- a/tests/languages/kotlin/function_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/kotlin/function_feature.test
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 foo()
 foo_Bar_42()
 list.filter {}
+`function 1`()
+` !"#$%^&()*+,=?@{|}~-_`()
+list.`take 1` {}
+`make fun`()
 
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@@ -8,7 +12,12 @@ list.filter {}
 	["function", "foo"], ["punctuation", "("], ["punctuation", ")"],
 	["function", "foo_Bar_42"], ["punctuation", "("], ["punctuation", ")"],
 	"\r\nlist", ["punctuation", "."],
-	["function", "filter"], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"]
+	["function", "filter"], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
+	["function", "`function 1`"], ["punctuation", "("], ["punctuation", ")"],
+	["function", "` !\"#$%^&()*+,=?@{|}~-_`"], ["punctuation", "("], ["punctuation", ")"],
+	"\r\nlist", ["punctuation", "."],
+	["function", "`take 1`"], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
+	["function", "`make fun`"], ["punctuation", "("], ["punctuation", ")"]
 ]
 
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