diff --git a/components/prism-scss.js b/components/prism-scss.js
index aea0ad18d5..a23c4ae37a 100644
--- a/components/prism-scss.js
+++ b/components/prism-scss.js
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Prism.languages.scss = Prism.languages.extend('css', {
 		// Initial look-ahead is used to prevent matching of blank selectors
 		pattern: /(?=\S)[^@;\{\}\(\)]?([^@;\{\}\(\)]|&|#\{\$[-_\w]+\})+(?=\s*\{(\}|\s|[^\}]+(:|\{)[^\}]+))/m,
 		inside: {
+			'parent': {
+				pattern: /&/,
+				alias: 'important'
+			},
 			'placeholder': /%[-_\w]+/,
 			'variable': /\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\}/
 		}
diff --git a/components/prism-scss.min.js b/components/prism-scss.min.js
index ff32ab72c6..467f6ec46d 100644
--- a/components/prism-scss.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-scss.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.scss=Prism.languages.extend("css",{comment:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(?:\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\/|\/\/.*)/,lookbehind:!0},atrule:{pattern:/@[\w-]+(?:\([^()]+\)|[^(])*?(?=\s+[{;])/,inside:{rule:/@[\w-]+/}},url:/(?:[-a-z]+-)*url(?=\()/i,selector:{pattern:/(?=\S)[^@;\{\}\(\)]?([^@;\{\}\(\)]|&|#\{\$[-_\w]+\})+(?=\s*\{(\}|\s|[^\}]+(:|\{)[^\}]+))/m,inside:{placeholder:/%[-_\w]+/,variable:/\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\}/}}}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("scss","atrule",{keyword:[/@(?:if|else(?: if)?|for|each|while|import|extend|debug|warn|mixin|include|function|return|content)/i,{pattern:/( +)(?:from|through)(?= )/,lookbehind:!0}]}),Prism.languages.scss.property={pattern:/(?:[\w-]|\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\})+(?=\s*:)/i,inside:{variable:/\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\}/}},Prism.languages.insertBefore("scss","important",{variable:/\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\}/}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("scss","function",{placeholder:{pattern:/%[-_\w]+/,alias:"selector"},statement:{pattern:/\B!(?:default|optional)\b/i,alias:"keyword"},"boolean":/\b(?:true|false)\b/,"null":/\bnull\b/,operator:{pattern:/(\s)(?:[-+*\/%]|[=!]=|<=?|>=?|and|or|not)(?=\s)/,lookbehind:!0}}),Prism.languages.scss.atrule.inside.rest=Prism.util.clone(Prism.languages.scss);
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+Prism.languages.scss=Prism.languages.extend("css",{comment:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(?:\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\/|\/\/.*)/,lookbehind:!0},atrule:{pattern:/@[\w-]+(?:\([^()]+\)|[^(])*?(?=\s+[{;])/,inside:{rule:/@[\w-]+/}},url:/(?:[-a-z]+-)*url(?=\()/i,selector:{pattern:/(?=\S)[^@;\{\}\(\)]?([^@;\{\}\(\)]|&|#\{\$[-_\w]+\})+(?=\s*\{(\}|\s|[^\}]+(:|\{)[^\}]+))/m,inside:{parent:{pattern:/&/,alias:"important"},placeholder:/%[-_\w]+/,variable:/\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\}/}}}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("scss","atrule",{keyword:[/@(?:if|else(?: if)?|for|each|while|import|extend|debug|warn|mixin|include|function|return|content)/i,{pattern:/( +)(?:from|through)(?= )/,lookbehind:!0}]}),Prism.languages.scss.property={pattern:/(?:[\w-]|\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\})+(?=\s*:)/i,inside:{variable:/\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\}/}},Prism.languages.insertBefore("scss","important",{variable:/\$[-_\w]+|#\{\$[-_\w]+\}/}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("scss","function",{placeholder:{pattern:/%[-_\w]+/,alias:"selector"},statement:{pattern:/\B!(?:default|optional)\b/i,alias:"keyword"},"boolean":/\b(?:true|false)\b/,"null":/\bnull\b/,operator:{pattern:/(\s)(?:[-+*\/%]|[=!]=|<=?|>=?|and|or|not)(?=\s)/,lookbehind:!0}}),Prism.languages.scss.atrule.inside.rest=Prism.util.clone(Prism.languages.scss);
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diff --git a/tests/languages/scss/selector_feature.test b/tests/languages/scss/selector_feature.test
index c5961f36ef..cb305dfbd6 100644
--- a/tests/languages/scss/selector_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/scss/selector_feature.test
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ p, div {}
 	["selector", ["a "]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
 	["selector", ["p, div "]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
 	["selector", ["#foobar .foo "]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
-	["selector", ["&:hover "]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
-	["selector", ["&-sidebar "]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
+	["selector", [["parent", "&"], ":hover "]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
+	["selector", [["parent", "&"], "-sidebar "]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
 	["selector", ["#context a", ["placeholder", "%extreme"]]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"],
 	["selector", [["variable", "#{$selector}"], ":before "]], ["punctuation", "{"], ["punctuation", "}"]
 ]