diff --git a/vim/.vimrc b/vim/.vimrc
index 086643a..0effbaa 100644
--- a/vim/.vimrc
+++ b/vim/.vimrc
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ augroup vimrc
 	" glsl filetype plugin
 	autocmd! BufNewFile,BufRead *.vs,*.fs set ft=glsl
 
+	" read .h files as cpp
+	autocmd! BufNewFIle,BufRead *.h set ft=cpp
+
 	" set foldmethod to indent for python files
 	autocmd FileType python setlocal foldmethod=indent