diff --git a/clojure-mode.el b/clojure-mode.el
index 27b16b25..d96543e6 100644
--- a/clojure-mode.el
+++ b/clojure-mode.el
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ elements of a def* forms."
       ;; Constant values (keywords), including as metadata e.g. ^:static
       ("\\<^?:\\(\\sw\\|#\\)+\\>" 0 font-lock-constant-face)
       ;; Meta type annotation #^Type or ^Type
-      ("#?^\\sw+" 0 font-lock-type-face)
+      ("#?^\\sw+" 0 font-lock-preprocessor-face)
       ("\\<io\\!\\>" 0 font-lock-warning-face)
 
       ;;Java interop highlighting