diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 43ff5e85474..78dcac1399e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-05-25  Tassilo Horn  <tsdh@gnu.org>
+
+	* textmodes/reftex-ref.el (reftex-format-special): Make it work
+	also for AMS Math's \eqref macro.
+
 2014-05-25  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@gnu.org>
 
 	Arrange to never byte-compile the generated -pkg.el file.
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/reftex-ref.el b/lisp/textmodes/reftex-ref.el
index 7b48c8a62c2..ac01b6852ec 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/reftex-ref.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/reftex-ref.el
@@ -840,8 +840,11 @@ package.\n\nThis is a generated function."
 Replace any occurrences of \"\\ref\" with REFSTYLE."
   ;; Replace instances of \ref in `fmt' with the special reference
   ;; style selected by the user.
-  (while (string-match "\\(\\\\ref\\)[ \t]*{" fmt)
-    (setq fmt (replace-match refstyle t t fmt 1)))
+  (cond
+   ((while (string-match "\\(\\\\ref\\)[ \t]*{" fmt)
+      (setq fmt (replace-match refstyle t t fmt 1))))
+   ((string-match "\\(\\\\[[:alpha:]]+\\)[ \t]*{" fmt)
+    (setq fmt (replace-match refstyle t t fmt 1))))
   (format fmt label))
 
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