diff --git a/misc/emacs/go-mode.el b/misc/emacs/go-mode.el
index 6f0442aff0..b44740fafc 100644
--- a/misc/emacs/go-mode.el
+++ b/misc/emacs/go-mode.el
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@
 (defconst go-label-regexp go-identifier-regexp)
 (defconst go-type-regexp "[[:word:][:multibyte:]*]+")
 (defconst go-func-regexp (concat (go--regexp-enclose-in-symbol "func") "\\s *\\(" go-identifier-regexp "\\)"))
-(defconst go-func-meth-regexp (concat (go--regexp-enclose-in-symbol "func") "\\s *\\(?:(\\s *" go-identifier-regexp "\\s +" go-type-regexp "\\s *)\\s *\\)?\\(" go-identifier-regexp "\\)("))
+(defconst go-func-meth-regexp (concat
+                               (go--regexp-enclose-in-symbol "func") "\\s *\\(?:(\\s *"
+                               "\\(" go-identifier-regexp "\\s +\\)?" go-type-regexp
+                               "\\s *)\\s *\\)?\\("
+                               go-identifier-regexp
+                               "\\)("))
 (defconst go-builtins
   '("append" "cap"   "close"   "complex" "copy"
     "delete" "imag"  "len"     "make"    "new"
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@
      ;; TODO do we actually need this one or isn't it just a function call?
      (,(concat "\\.\\s *(" go-type-name-regexp) 1 font-lock-type-face) ;; Type conversion
      (,(concat (go--regexp-enclose-in-symbol "func") "[[:space:]]+(" go-identifier-regexp "[[:space:]]+" go-type-name-regexp ")") 1 font-lock-type-face) ;; Method receiver
+     (,(concat (go--regexp-enclose-in-symbol "func") "[[:space:]]+(" go-type-name-regexp ")") 1 font-lock-type-face) ;; Method receiver without variable name
      ;; Like the original go-mode this also marks compound literal
      ;; fields. There, it was marked as to fix, but I grew quite
      ;; accustomed to it, so it'll stay for now.