diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index f9786ed..ac6acdb 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ set bg=dark					" dark background
 filetype plugin on
 
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.vala  setf cs
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.md  set ft=markdown
 au syntax java  set ts=4 sts=4 sw=4
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.i set ft=swig
 au BufReadCmd *.epub call zip#Browse(expand("<amatch>"))