diff --git a/common/.config/nvim/ftdetect b/common/.config/nvim/ftdetect
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..6bcf135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/.config/nvim/ftdetect
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../.vim/ftdetect
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/.vim/ftdetect/systemd.vim b/common/.vim/ftdetect/systemd.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d7ba86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/.vim/ftdetect/systemd.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.service set filetype=systemd
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.socket set filetype=systemd
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.timer set filetype=systemd
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.mount set filetype=systemd
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.target set filetype=systemd
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.path set filetype=systemd