diff --git a/ILSpy/Languages/ILAstLanguage.cs b/ILSpy/Languages/ILAstLanguage.cs
index 15e392094..c41d18049 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Languages/ILAstLanguage.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Languages/ILAstLanguage.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ namespace ILSpy.Languages
 			this.name = name;
 		}
 
+		// ILAst output uses the same `{}/()/[]` bracket conventions as C#, plus C#-style
+		// `//` comments and `"..."` strings. Reusing CSharpBracketSearcher gives the
+		// language correct bracket highlighting without a per-grammar implementation.
+		public override ILSpy.TextView.IBracketSearcher BracketSearcher { get; } = new CSharpBracketSearcher();
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Fires after a <see cref="DecompileMethod"/> run installs a fresh <see cref="Stepper"/>.
 		/// The Debug Steps pane subscribes here so it can rebind its TreeView to the new
diff --git a/ILSpy/Languages/ILLanguage.cs b/ILSpy/Languages/ILLanguage.cs
index 713176a04..994c12718 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Languages/ILLanguage.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Languages/ILLanguage.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ namespace ILSpy.Languages
 
 		public override string FileExtension => ".il";
 
+		// Disassembled IL uses the same `{}/()/[]` bracket conventions plus C#-style
+		// `//` comments and `"..."` strings — reuse CSharpBracketSearcher's logic.
+		public override ILSpy.TextView.IBracketSearcher BracketSearcher { get; } = new CSharpBracketSearcher();
+
 		// DisplaySettings (ShowMetadataTokens / ShowRawRVAOffsetAndBytes /
 		// DecodeCustomAttributeBlobs / ShowMetadataTokensInBase10) aren't wired yet — once
 		// they are, plumb them in here. All four default to false.