1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/font-lock.el b/lisp/font-lock.el
index ceadcf19728..2a050c9637e 100644
--- a/lisp/font-lock.el
+++ b/lisp/font-lock.el
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ If a number, only buffers greater than this size have fontification messages."
                  (other :tag "always" t)
                  (integer :tag "size"))
   :group 'font-lock)
+
+(defcustom font-lock-lines-before 1
+  "*Number of lines before the changed text to include in refontification."
+  :type 'integer
+  :group 'font-lock
+  :version "22.1")
 
 
 ;; Originally these variable values were face names such as `bold' etc.
@@ -1062,7 +1068,8 @@ what properties to clear before refontifying a region.")
       (save-match-data
         ;; Rescan between start of lines enclosing the region.
         (font-lock-fontify-region
-         (progn (goto-char beg) (beginning-of-line) (point))
+         (progn (goto-char beg)
+                (forward-line (- font-lock-lines-before)) (point))
          (progn (goto-char end) (forward-line 1) (point)))))))
 
 (defun font-lock-fontify-block (&optional arg)