diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index e3db6bc..b49ce5e 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ set smartcase
 " Indentation options (yeah let's switch to spaces instead of tabs I guess...)
 set autoindent
 set expandtab
+set smarttab
 set shiftwidth=4
 set tabstop=4
 set softtabstop=4
 
-" Autodetect stuff like 'use tabs in Makefiles'
+" Activate filetype plugin (e.g. for automatically using tabs instead of spaces in Makefiles)
 filetype plugin on
 
 " Indentation for Python (use 4 spaces)