diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2cf1b72cb..c6004c3f0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Release 0.6.4 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* Restore compatibility with Pygments >= 1.2.
+
 * #295: Fix escaping of hyperref targets in LaTeX output.
 
 * #302: Fix links generated by the ``:doc:`` role for LaTeX output.
diff --git a/sphinx/highlighting.py b/sphinx/highlighting.py
index 3f029dc7a..3de968806 100644
--- a/sphinx/highlighting.py
+++ b/sphinx/highlighting.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ except ImportError:
     # parser is not available on Jython
     parser = None
 
-from sphinx.util.texescape import tex_hl_escape_map
+from sphinx.util.texescape import tex_hl_escape_map_old, tex_hl_escape_map_new
 
 try:
     import pygments
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class PygmentsBridge(object):
             # first, escape highlighting characters like Pygments does
             source = source.translate(escape_hl_chars)
             # then, escape all characters nonrepresentable in LaTeX
-            source = source.translate(tex_hl_escape_map)
+            source = source.translate(tex_hl_escape_map_old)
             return '\\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=@\\[\\]]\n' + \
                    source + '\\end{Verbatim}\n'
 
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ class PygmentsBridge(object):
                 return highlight(source, lexer, self.fmter[bool(linenos)])
             else:
                 hlsource = highlight(source, lexer, self.fmter[bool(linenos)])
-                return hlsource.translate(tex_hl_escape_map)
+                if hlsource.startswith(r'\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}'):
+                    # Pygments >= 1.2
+                    return hlsource.translate(tex_hl_escape_map_new)
+                return hlsource.translate(tex_hl_escape_map_old)
         except ErrorToken:
             # this is most probably not the selected language,
             # so let it pass unhighlighted
diff --git a/sphinx/util/texescape.py b/sphinx/util/texescape.py
index 00d0325c4..737908295 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/texescape.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/texescape.py
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ tex_replacements = [
 ]
 
 tex_escape_map = {}
-tex_hl_escape_map = {}
-_new_cmd_chars = {ord(u'\\'): u'@', ord(u'{'): u'[', ord(u'}'): u']'}
+tex_hl_escape_map_old = {}  # replacement map for Pygments <= 1.1
+tex_hl_escape_map_new = {}  # replacement map for Pygments >= 1.2
+_old_cmd_chars = {ord(u'\\'): u'@', ord(u'{'): u'[', ord(u'}'): u']'}
 
 def init():
     for a, b in tex_replacements:
@@ -108,4 +109,5 @@ def init():
 
     for a, b in tex_replacements:
         if a in u'[]{}\\': continue
-        tex_hl_escape_map[ord(a)] = b.translate(_new_cmd_chars)
+        tex_hl_escape_map_new[ord(a)] = b
+        tex_hl_escape_map_old[ord(a)] = b.translate(_old_cmd_chars)