diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b66ef69a0f..4835c14101 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Grammars:
 - enh(css/less/stylus/scss) add support for CSS Grid properties [monochromer][]
 - enh(java) add support for Java Text Block (#3322) [Teletha][]
 - enh(scala) add missing `do` and `then` keyword (#3323) [Nicolas Stucki][]
+- enh(scala) add `inline` soft keyword (#3329) [Nicolas Stucki][]
 
 [Austin Schick]: https://github.com/austin-schick
 [Josh Goebel]: https://github.com/joshgoebel
diff --git a/src/languages/scala.js b/src/languages/scala.js
index e9917c5619..6a7e101af3 100644
--- a/src/languages/scala.js
+++ b/src/languages/scala.js
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ export default function(hljs) {
     contains: [ NAME ]
   };
 
+  const INLINE = {
+    className: 'keyword',
+    begin: /(?<!\.)\binline(?=\s)/
+  };
+
   return {
     name: 'Scala',
     keywords: {
@@ -132,6 +137,7 @@ export default function(hljs) {
       METHOD,
       CLASS,
       hljs.C_NUMBER_MODE,
+      INLINE,
       ANNOTATION
     ]
   };
diff --git a/test/markup/scala/inline.expect.txt b/test/markup/scala/inline.expect.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20f5c987e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/markup/scala/inline.expect.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<span class="hljs-keyword">inline</span> <span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title">pow</span></span>(<span class="hljs-keyword">inline</span> x: <span class="hljs-type">Int</span>, <span class="hljs-keyword">inline</span> n: <span class="hljs-type">Int</span>) = ???
+transparent <span class="hljs-keyword">inline</span> <span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title">f</span></span>: <span class="hljs-type">Int</span> = ???
+<span class="hljs-keyword">inline</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">val</span> a: <span class="hljs-type">Int</span> = <span class="hljs-number">9</span>
+<span class="hljs-keyword">inline</span> given <span class="hljs-type">Int</span> = <span class="hljs-number">9</span>
+
+notinline given <span class="hljs-type">Int</span> = <span class="hljs-number">9</span>
+
+<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title">expressions</span> </span>=
+  <span class="hljs-keyword">inline</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> <span class="hljs-literal">true</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">then</span> () <span class="hljs-keyword">else</span> ()
+  <span class="hljs-keyword">inline</span> x <span class="hljs-keyword">match</span> ...
+
+  x.inline
+  x.inline(y)
+  x.inline[<span class="hljs-type">T</span>]
+  `inline` + <span class="hljs-number">1</span>
diff --git a/test/markup/scala/inline.txt b/test/markup/scala/inline.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..857b82ac8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/markup/scala/inline.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+inline def pow(inline x: Int, inline n: Int) = ???
+transparent inline def f: Int = ???
+inline val a: Int = 9
+inline given Int = 9
+
+notinline given Int = 9
+
+def expressions =
+  inline if true then () else ()
+  inline x match ...
+
+  x.inline
+  x.inline(y)
+  x.inline[T]
+  `inline` + 1