--- latex.el.old	2014-06-11 10:42:35.320791747 +0200
+++ latex.el	2014-06-11 10:42:22.174035739 +0200
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@
 	(1 2) LaTeX-auto-env-args)
        (,(concat "\\\\newenvironment\\*?{?\\(" token "+\\)}?")
 	1 LaTeX-auto-environment)
-       (,(concat "\\\\newtheorem{\\(" token "+\\)}") 1 LaTeX-auto-environment)
+       (,(concat "\\\\newtheorem\\*?{\\(" token "+\\)}") 1 LaTeX-auto-environment)
        ("\\\\input{\\(\\.*[^#}%\\\\\\.\n\r]+\\)\\(\\.[^#}%\\\\\\.\n\r]+\\)?}"
 	1 TeX-auto-file)
        ("\\\\include{\\(\\.*[^#}%\\\\\\.\n\r]+\\)\\(\\.[^#}%\\\\\\.\n\r]+\\)?}"