diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 009f2ac..39d1d28 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ set softtabstop=4
 " Activate filetype plugin (e.g. for automatically using tabs instead of spaces in Makefiles)
 filetype plugin on
 
+" Syntax rules for custom file extensions/patterns
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.gitconfig set syntax=gitconfig
+
 " Indentation for Python (use 4 spaces)
 "autocmd FileType python setlocal expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
 autocmd FileType yml,yaml setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 expandtab