diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 2a6fa81..269c269 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ endif
 filetype plugin on
 filetype indent on
 set omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete
+"[Default to filetype=tex when viewing partial tex files]"
+let g:tex_flavor="tex"
 "[Enable built-in plug-ins/macros]"
 runtime macros/matchit.vim
 "[Enable syntax highlighting]"