diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 138a1f8..d47a4cb 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ syntax 'leshill/vim-json' &
 syntax 'mutewinter/tomdoc.vim' &
 syntax 'mutewinter/nginx.vim' &
 syntax 'timcharper/textile.vim' &
+syntax 'tpope/vim-markdown' &
 syntax 'acustodioo/vim-tmux' &
 syntax 'groenewege/vim-less' &
 syntax 'wavded/vim-stylus' &
diff --git a/ftdetect/markdown.vim b/ftdetect/markdown.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c5a36a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ftdetect/markdown.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.markdown,*.md,*.mdown,*.mkd,*.mkdn
+      \ if &ft =~# '^\%(conf\|modula2\)$' |
+      \   set ft=markdown |
+      \ else |
+      \   setf markdown |
+      \ endif
diff --git a/ftplugin/markdown.vim b/ftplugin/markdown.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..022da06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ftplugin/markdown.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+" Vim filetype plugin
+" Language:		Markdown
+" Maintainer:		Tim Pope <vimNOSPAM@tpope.org>
+
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
+  finish
+endif
+
+runtime! ftplugin/html.vim ftplugin/html_*.vim ftplugin/html/*.vim
+
+setlocal comments=fb:*,fb:-,fb:+,n:> commentstring=>\ %s
+setlocal formatoptions+=tcqln formatoptions-=r formatoptions-=o
+setlocal formatlistpat=^\\s*\\d\\+\\.\\s\\+\\\|^[-*+]\\s\\+
+
+if exists('b:undo_ftplugin')
+  let b:undo_ftplugin .= "|setl cms< com< fo< flp<"
+else
+  let b:undo_ftplugin = "setl cms< com< fo< flp<"
+endif
+
+" vim:set sw=2:
diff --git a/syntax/markdown.vim b/syntax/markdown.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3024f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax/markdown.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:     Markdown
+" Maintainer:   Tim Pope <vimNOSPAM@tpope.org>
+" Filenames:    *.markdown
+
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+if !exists('main_syntax')
+  let main_syntax = 'markdown'
+endif
+
+runtime! syntax/html.vim
+unlet! b:current_syntax
+
+if !exists('g:markdown_fenced_languages')
+  let g:markdown_fenced_languages = []
+endif
+for s:type in map(copy(g:markdown_fenced_languages),'matchstr(v:val,"[^=]*$")')
+  if s:type =~ '\.'
+    let b:{matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*')}_subtype = matchstr(s:type,'\.\zs.*')
+  endif
+  exe 'syn include @markdownHighlight'.substitute(s:type,'\.','','g').' syntax/'.matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*').'.vim'
+  unlet! b:current_syntax
+endfor
+unlet! s:type
+
+syn sync minlines=10
+syn case ignore
+
+syn match markdownValid '[<>]\c[a-z/$!]\@!'
+syn match markdownValid '&\%(#\=\w*;\)\@!'
+
+syn match markdownLineStart "^[<@]\@!" nextgroup=@markdownBlock,htmlSpecialChar
+
+syn cluster markdownBlock contains=markdownH1,markdownH2,markdownH3,markdownH4,markdownH5,markdownH6,markdownBlockquote,markdownListMarker,markdownOrderedListMarker,markdownCodeBlock,markdownRule
+syn cluster markdownInline contains=markdownLineBreak,markdownLinkText,markdownItalic,markdownBold,markdownCode,markdownEscape,@htmlTop,markdownError
+
+syn match markdownH1 "^.\+\n=\+$" contained contains=@markdownInline,markdownHeadingRule,markdownAutomaticLink
+syn match markdownH2 "^.\+\n-\+$" contained contains=@markdownInline,markdownHeadingRule,markdownAutomaticLink
+
+syn match markdownHeadingRule "^[=-]\+$" contained
+
+syn region markdownH1 matchgroup=markdownHeadingDelimiter start="##\@!"      end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH2 matchgroup=markdownHeadingDelimiter start="###\@!"     end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH3 matchgroup=markdownHeadingDelimiter start="####\@!"    end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH4 matchgroup=markdownHeadingDelimiter start="#####\@!"   end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH5 matchgroup=markdownHeadingDelimiter start="######\@!"  end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH6 matchgroup=markdownHeadingDelimiter start="#######\@!" end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+
+syn match markdownBlockquote ">\%(\s\|$\)" contained nextgroup=@markdownBlock
+
+syn region markdownCodeBlock start="    \|\t" end="$" contained
+
+" TODO: real nesting
+syn match markdownListMarker "\%(\t\| \{0,4\}\)[-*+]\%(\s\+\S\)\@=" contained
+syn match markdownOrderedListMarker "\%(\t\| \{0,4}\)\<\d\+\.\%(\s\+\S\)\@=" contained
+
+syn match markdownRule "\* *\* *\*[ *]*$" contained
+syn match markdownRule "- *- *-[ -]*$" contained
+
+syn match markdownLineBreak " \{2,\}$"
+
+syn region markdownIdDeclaration matchgroup=markdownLinkDelimiter start="^ \{0,3\}!\=\[" end="\]:" oneline keepend nextgroup=markdownUrl skipwhite
+syn match markdownUrl "\S\+" nextgroup=markdownUrlTitle skipwhite contained
+syn region markdownUrl matchgroup=markdownUrlDelimiter start="<" end=">" oneline keepend nextgroup=markdownUrlTitle skipwhite contained
+syn region markdownUrlTitle matchgroup=markdownUrlTitleDelimiter start=+"+ end=+"+ keepend contained
+syn region markdownUrlTitle matchgroup=markdownUrlTitleDelimiter start=+'+ end=+'+ keepend contained
+syn region markdownUrlTitle matchgroup=markdownUrlTitleDelimiter start=+(+ end=+)+ keepend contained
+
+syn region markdownLinkText matchgroup=markdownLinkTextDelimiter start="!\=\[\%(\_[^]]*]\%( \=[[(]\)\)\@=" end="\]\%( \=[[(]\)\@=" keepend nextgroup=markdownLink,markdownId skipwhite contains=@markdownInline,markdownLineStart
+syn region markdownLink matchgroup=markdownLinkDelimiter start="(" end=")" contains=markdownUrl keepend contained
+syn region markdownId matchgroup=markdownIdDelimiter start="\[" end="\]" keepend contained
+syn region markdownAutomaticLink matchgroup=markdownUrlDelimiter start="<\%(\w\+:\|[[:alnum:]_+-]\+@\)\@=" end=">" keepend oneline
+
+syn region markdownItalic start="\S\@<=\*\|\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\|\*\S\@=" keepend contains=markdownLineStart
+syn region markdownItalic start="\S\@<=_\|_\S\@=" end="\S\@<=_\|_\S\@=" keepend contains=markdownLineStart
+syn region markdownBold start="\S\@<=\*\*\|\*\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\*\|\*\*\S\@=" keepend contains=markdownLineStart,markdownItalic
+syn region markdownBold start="\S\@<=__\|__\S\@=" end="\S\@<=__\|__\S\@=" keepend contains=markdownLineStart,markdownItalic
+syn region markdownBoldItalic start="\S\@<=\*\*\*\|\*\*\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\*\*\|\*\*\*\S\@=" keepend contains=markdownLineStart
+syn region markdownBoldItalic start="\S\@<=___\|___\S\@=" end="\S\@<=___\|___\S\@=" keepend contains=markdownLineStart
+syn region markdownCode matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="`" end="`" keepend contains=markdownLineStart
+syn region markdownCode matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="`` \=" end=" \=``" keepend contains=markdownLineStart
+syn region markdownCode matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="^\s*```.*$" end="^\s*```\ze\s*$" keepend
+
+if main_syntax ==# 'markdown'
+  for s:type in g:markdown_fenced_languages
+    exe 'syn region markdownHighlight'.substitute(matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*$'),'\..*','','').' matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="^\s*```\s*'.matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*').'\>.*$" end="^\s*```\ze\s*$" keepend contains=@markdownHighlight'.substitute(matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*$'),'\.','','g')
+  endfor
+  unlet! s:type
+endif
+
+syn match markdownEscape "\\[][\\`*_{}()#+.!-]"
+syn match markdownError "\w\@<=_\w\@="
+
+hi def link markdownH1                    htmlH1
+hi def link markdownH2                    htmlH2
+hi def link markdownH3                    htmlH3
+hi def link markdownH4                    htmlH4
+hi def link markdownH5                    htmlH5
+hi def link markdownH6                    htmlH6
+hi def link markdownHeadingRule           markdownRule
+hi def link markdownHeadingDelimiter      Delimiter
+hi def link markdownOrderedListMarker     markdownListMarker
+hi def link markdownListMarker            htmlTagName
+hi def link markdownBlockquote            Comment
+hi def link markdownRule                  PreProc
+
+hi def link markdownLinkText              htmlLink
+hi def link markdownIdDeclaration         Typedef
+hi def link markdownId                    Type
+hi def link markdownAutomaticLink         markdownUrl
+hi def link markdownUrl                   Float
+hi def link markdownUrlTitle              String
+hi def link markdownIdDelimiter           markdownLinkDelimiter
+hi def link markdownUrlDelimiter          htmlTag
+hi def link markdownUrlTitleDelimiter     Delimiter
+
+hi def link markdownItalic                htmlItalic
+hi def link markdownBold                  htmlBold
+hi def link markdownBoldItalic            htmlBoldItalic
+hi def link markdownCodeDelimiter         Delimiter
+
+hi def link markdownEscape                Special
+hi def link markdownError                 Error
+
+let b:current_syntax = "markdown"
+if main_syntax ==# 'markdown'
+  unlet main_syntax
+endif
+
+" vim:set sw=2: