diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/setserial.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/setserial.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea0cb96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/ftplugin/setserial.vim
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+" Vim filetype plugin file
+" Language:         setserial(8) configuration file
+" Maintainer:       Nikolai Weibull <nikolai+work.vim@bitwi.se>
+" Latest Revision:  2005-07-04
+
+if exists("b:did_ftplugin")
+  finish
+endif
+let b:did_ftplugin = 1
+
+let b:undo_ftplugin = "setl com< cms< fo<"
+
+setlocal comments=:# commentstring=#\ %s formatoptions-=t formatoptions+=croql