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diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
index e363924501f..d34cabfe89e 100644
--- a/lisp/replace.el
+++ b/lisp/replace.el
@@ -126,6 +126,18 @@ This variable affects only `query-replace-regexp'."
:type 'boolean
:group 'matching)
+(defcustom query-replace-highlight-submatches t
+ "Whether to highlight regexp subexpressions during query replacement.
+The faces used to do the highlights are named `isearch-group-1',
+`isearch-group-2', etc. (By default, only these 2 are defined.)
+When there are more matches than faces, then faces are reused from the
+beginning, in a cyclical manner, so the `isearch-group-1' face is
+isreused for the third match. If you want to use more distinctive colors,
+you can define more of these faces using the same numbering scheme."
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'matching
+ :version "28.1")
+
(defcustom query-replace-lazy-highlight t
"Controls the lazy-highlighting during query replacements.
When non-nil, all text in the buffer matching the current match
@@ -2403,6 +2415,7 @@ It is called with three arguments, as if it were
(funcall search-function search-string limit t)))
(defvar replace-overlay nil)
+(defvar replace-submatches-overlays nil)
(defun replace-highlight (match-beg match-end range-beg range-end
search-string regexp-flag delimited-flag
@@ -2413,6 +2426,25 @@ It is called with three arguments, as if it were
(setq replace-overlay (make-overlay match-beg match-end))
(overlay-put replace-overlay 'priority 1001) ;higher than lazy overlays
(overlay-put replace-overlay 'face 'query-replace)))
+
+ (when (and query-replace-highlight-submatches
+ regexp-flag)
+ (mapc 'delete-overlay replace-submatches-overlays)
+ (setq replace-submatches-overlays nil)
+ (let ((submatch-data (cddr (butlast (match-data t))))
+ (group 0)
+ ov face)
+ (while submatch-data
+ (setq group (1+ group))
+ (setq ov (make-overlay (pop submatch-data) (pop submatch-data))
+ face (intern-soft (format "isearch-group-%d" group)))
+ ;; Recycle faces from beginning.
+ (unless (facep face)
+ (setq group 1 face 'isearch-group-1))
+ (overlay-put ov 'face face)
+ (overlay-put ov 'priority 1002)
+ (push ov replace-submatches-overlays))))
+
(if query-replace-lazy-highlight
(let ((isearch-string search-string)
(isearch-regexp regexp-flag)
@@ -2433,6 +2465,9 @@ It is called with three arguments, as if it were
(defun replace-dehighlight ()
(when replace-overlay
(delete-overlay replace-overlay))
+ (when query-replace-highlight-submatches
+ (mapc 'delete-overlay replace-submatches-overlays)
+ (setq replace-submatches-overlays nil))
(when query-replace-lazy-highlight
(lazy-highlight-cleanup lazy-highlight-cleanup)
(setq isearch-lazy-highlight-last-string nil))