diff --git a/runtime/filetype.vim b/runtime/filetype.vim
index cbb9e9687e..a36911bbdb 100644
--- a/runtime/filetype.vim
+++ b/runtime/filetype.vim
@@ -1095,6 +1095,9 @@ au BufNewFile,BufRead *.moo			setf moo
 " Modconf
 au BufNewFile,BufRead */etc/modules.conf,*/etc/modules,*/etc/conf.modules setf modconf
 
+" MPD is based on XML
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.mpd			setf xml
+
 " Mplayer config
 au BufNewFile,BufRead mplayer.conf,*/.mplayer/config	setf mplayerconf