diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
index c9fb539e3b..276691b080 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
@@ -1390,6 +1390,7 @@ local extension = {
   yaml = 'yaml',
   eyaml = 'yaml',
   mplstyle = 'yaml',
+  grc = detect_line1('<%?xml', 'xml', 'yaml'),
   yang = 'yang',
   yuck = 'yuck',
   z8a = 'z8a',
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
index 3481e980eb..5641497738 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
@@ -1597,6 +1597,22 @@ func Test_git_file()
   filetype off
 endfunc
 
+func Test_grc_file()
+  filetype on
+
+  call writefile(['<?xml version="1.0"?>', '<block>', '</block>'], 'Xfile.grc')
+  split Xfile.grc
+  call assert_equal('xml', &filetype)
+  bwipe!
+
+  call writefile(['metadata:', '  file_format: 1'], 'Xfile.grc')
+  split Xfile.grc
+  call assert_equal('yaml', &filetype)
+  bwipe!
+
+  filetype off
+endfunc
+
 func Test_haredoc_file()
   filetype on
   call assert_true(mkdir('foo/bar', 'pR'))