diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
index 8be80f4b..5091a606 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
@@ -5438,6 +5438,14 @@ void NppParameters::createXmlTreeFromGUIParams()
 		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("searchEngineCustom"), _nppGUI._searchEngineCustom);
 	}
 
+	// <GUIConfig name="SmartHighLight" matchCase="no" wholeWordOnly="yes" useFindSettings="no">yes</GUIConfig>
+	{
+		TiXmlElement *GUIConfigElement = insertGUIConfigBoolNode(newGUIRoot, TEXT("SmartHighLight"), _nppGUI._enableSmartHilite);
+		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("matchCase"), _nppGUI._smartHiliteCaseSensitive ? TEXT("yes") : TEXT("no"));
+		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("wholeWordOnly"), _nppGUI._smartHiliteWordOnly ? TEXT("yes") : TEXT("no"));
+		GUIConfigElement->SetAttribute(TEXT("useFindSettings"), _nppGUI._smartHiliteUseFindSettings ? TEXT("yes") : TEXT("no"));
+	}
+
 	// <GUIConfig name="ScintillaPrimaryView" lineNumberMargin="show" bookMarkMargin="show" indentGuideLine="show" folderMarkStyle="box" lineWrapMethod="aligned" currentLineHilitingShow="show" scrollBeyondLastLine="no" disableAdvancedScrolling="no" wrapSymbolShow="hide" Wrap="no" borderEdge="yes" edge="no" edgeNbColumn="80" zoom="0" zoom2="0" whiteSpaceShow="hide" eolShow="hide" borderWidth="2" smoothFont="no" />
 	writeScintillaParams();