diff --git a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/grammar/raw/RawGrammar.java b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/grammar/raw/RawGrammar.java
index f57c360f4..c05f36efb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/grammar/raw/RawGrammar.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/grammar/raw/RawGrammar.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public final class RawGrammar extends PropertySettable.HashMap<@Nullable Object>
 	private static final String INJECTION_SELECTOR = "injectionSelector";
 	private static final String NAME = "name";
 	private static final String PATTERNS = "patterns";
-	private static final String SCOPE_NAME = "scopeName";
+	public static final String SCOPE_NAME = "scopeName";
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/grammar/raw/RawGrammarReader.java b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/grammar/raw/RawGrammarReader.java
index d99b9f0f3..03c7c6b37 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/grammar/raw/RawGrammarReader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/internal/grammar/raw/RawGrammarReader.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public PropertySettable<?> createChild(final TMParser.PropertyPath path, final C
 		}
 	};
 
-	public static IRawGrammar readGrammar(final IGrammarSource source) throws Exception {
+	public static RawGrammar readGrammar(final IGrammarSource source) throws Exception {
 		try (var reader = source.getReader()) {
 			return switch (source.getContentType()) {
 				case JSON -> TMParserJSON.INSTANCE.parse(reader, OBJECT_FACTORY);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/registry/Registry.java b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/registry/Registry.java
index 3b23dc759..0b180cba2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/registry/Registry.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.tm4e.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tm4e/core/registry/Registry.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.tm4e.core.grammar.IGrammar;
 import org.eclipse.tm4e.core.internal.grammar.BalancedBracketSelectors;
 import org.eclipse.tm4e.core.internal.grammar.dependencies.ScopeDependencyProcessor;
+import org.eclipse.tm4e.core.internal.grammar.raw.RawGrammar;
 import org.eclipse.tm4e.core.internal.grammar.raw.RawGrammarReader;
 import org.eclipse.tm4e.core.internal.registry.SyncRegistry;
 import org.eclipse.tm4e.core.internal.theme.Theme;
@@ -158,6 +159,12 @@ private boolean _doLoadSingleGrammar(final String scopeName) {
 		}
 		try {
 			final var grammar = RawGrammarReader.readGrammar(grammarSource);
+
+			// this code is specific to the tm4e project and not from upstream:
+			// adjust the scopeName in case the name as defined inside the TextMate grammar file
+			// diverges from the scopeName with which it is registered in the plugin.xml.
+			grammar.put(RawGrammar.SCOPE_NAME, scopeName);
+
 			this._syncRegistry.addGrammar(grammar, this._options.getInjections(scopeName));
 		} catch (final Exception ex) {
 			throw new TMException("Loading grammar for scope [" + scopeName + "] from [" +