diff --git a/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim b/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim
index 661a34b578..2fa30b12ec 100644
--- a/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim
+++ b/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 " Vim plugin for showing matching parens
 " Maintainer:	The Vim Project <https://github.com/vim/vim>
-" Last Change:	2024 May 18
+" Last Change:	2025 Mar 08
 " Former Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
 
 " Exit quickly when:
@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ func s:Highlight_Matching_Pair()
   if !has("syntax") || !exists("g:syntax_on")
     let s_skip = "0"
   else
+    " do not attempt to match when the syntax item where the cursor is
+    " indicates there does not exist a matching parenthesis, e.g. for shells
+    " case statement: "case $var in foobar)"
+    "
+    " add the check behind a filetype check, so it only needs to be
+    " evaluated for certain filetypes
+    if ['sh']->index(&filetype) >= 0 &&
+        \ synstack(".", col("."))->indexof({_, id -> synIDattr(id, "name")
+        \ =~? "shSnglCase"}) >= 0
+      return
+    endif
     " Build an expression that detects whether the current cursor position is
     " in certain syntax types (string, comment, etc.), for use as
     " searchpairpos()'s skip argument.
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_matchparen_sh_case_1.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_matchparen_sh_case_1.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e7a2a3f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_matchparen_sh_case_1.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
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+@2|;+0#af5f00255&@1| +0#0000000&@70
+@4|"+0#af5f00255&|$+0#e000e06&|S|U|S|U|W|U|_|S|H|_|D|E|B|U|G|"+0#af5f00255&|)| +0#0000000&@51
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+@2|;+0#af5f00255&@1| +0#0000000&@70
+@57|4|,|2|4| @9|T|o|p| 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_plugin_matchparen.vim b/src/testdir/test_plugin_matchparen.vim
index 49d35108a9..23491abf49 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_plugin_matchparen.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_plugin_matchparen.vim
@@ -139,4 +139,36 @@ func Test_matchparen_mbyte()
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+" Test for ignoring certain parenthesis
+func Test_matchparen_ignore_sh_case()
+  CheckScreendump
+
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    source $VIMRUNTIME/plugin/matchparen.vim
+    set ft=sh
+    call setline(1, [
+          \ '#!/bin/sh',
+          \ 'SUSUWU_PRINT() (',
+          \ '  case "${LEVEL}" in',
+          \ '    "$SUSUWU_SH_NOTICE")',
+          \ '    ${SUSUWU_S} && return 1',
+          \ '  ;;',
+          \ '    "$SUSUWU_SH_DEBUG")',
+          \ '    (! ${SUSUWU_VERBOSE}) && return 1',
+          \ '  ;;',
+          \ '  esac',
+          \ '  # snip',
+          \ ')'
+          \ ])
+    call cursor(4, 26)
+  END
+
+  let filename = 'Xmatchparen_sh'
+  call writefile(lines, filename, 'D')
+
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S '.filename, #{rows: 10})
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_matchparen_sh_case_1', {})
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 5536a9b48a..7851f79728 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1187,
 /**/
     1186,
 /**/