diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/cpp.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/cpp.vim
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+" Vim filetype plugin file
+" Language:	C++
+" Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
+" Last Change:	2001 Jan 15
+
+" Only do this when not done yet for this buffer
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" Behaves just like C
+runtime! ftplugin/c.vim ftplugin/c_*.vim ftplugin/c/*.vim