diff --git a/syntax/just.vim b/syntax/just.vim
index e626b4d..5ed3d3a 100644
--- a/syntax/just.vim
+++ b/syntax/just.vim
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ syn match justExportedAssignment "\v^export%(\s|\\\n)+\h[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\s*:\=" tr
 syn match justExport '\v^export%(\s|\\\n)@=' contained
 
 syn keyword justConditional if else
+syn region justConditionalBraces start="\v\{@1<!\{\{@!" end="\v\}@=" transparent contains=@justExpr
 
 syn match justLineLeadingSymbol "\v^%(\\\n)@3<!\s+\zs%(\@-|-\@|\@|-)"
 syn match justLineContinuation "\\$" containedin=ALLBUT,justComment,justShebang,@justRawStrings,justBuiltInFunctionsError,justPreBodyCommentError
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ syn cluster justBuiltInFunctionsInInterp contains=justBuiltInFuncInInterp,justRe
 
 syn match justOperator "\v\=[=~]|!\=|[+/]"
 
-syn cluster justExprBase contains=@justAllStrings,justConditional,justOperator
+syn cluster justExprBase contains=@justAllStrings,justConditional,justConditionalBraces,justOperator
 syn cluster justExpr contains=@justExprBase,@justBuiltInFunctions,justBuiltInFunctionArgs,justReplaceRegex
 
 syn match justOldInclude "^!include\s.*$" contains=justOldIncludeDirective
diff --git a/tests/cases/tricky.html b/tests/cases/tricky.html
index 724271c..5a40e61 100644
--- a/tests/cases/tricky.html
+++ b/tests/cases/tricky.html
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 , <span class="String">'_9</span><span class="Constant">${1}</span><span class="String">_'</span>
 )
 
+conditional_without_indent <span class="Operator">:=</span> <span class="Conditional">if</span> <span class="Function">env</span>(<span class="String">'SHELL'</span>) <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="String">'/bin/bash'</span> {
+valid_uuid <span class="Operator">+</span> testing
+} <span class="Conditional">else</span> { <span class="String">''</span> }
+
 <span class="Function">test</span><span class="Operator">:</span>
 <span class="Number">	echo </span><span class="Delimiter">{{</span><span class="Identifier">something</span><span class="Delimiter">}}{{</span><span class="Identifier">testing</span><span class="Delimiter">}}</span>
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/tricky.just b/tests/cases/tricky.just
index 1d06bc5..0e05e8a 100644
--- a/tests/cases/tricky.just
+++ b/tests/cases/tricky.just
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ not_a_uuid_anymore := replace_regex  (
 , '_9${1}_'
 )
 
+conditional_without_indent := if env('SHELL') == '/bin/bash' {
+valid_uuid + testing
+} else { '' }
+
 test:
 	echo {{something}}{{testing}}