diff --git a/lib/rouge/lexers/docker.rb b/lib/rouge/lexers/docker.rb
index 4828fc9a27..1aff25700e 100644
--- a/lib/rouge/lexers/docker.rb
+++ b/lib/rouge/lexers/docker.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Docker < RegexLexer
         rule %r/\n/, Text, :pop!
         rule %r/^\s*#.*\n/, Comment
         rule %r/\s*\\./m, Str::Escape
-        rule %r/(\s*(?:\S+|"[^"]+"))(=)/ do
+        rule %r/(\s*(?:\S+|"[^"]+"|'[^']+'))(=)/ do
           groups Name::Property, Punctuation
           push :value
         end