diff --git a/runtime/syntax/clipper.vim b/runtime/syntax/clipper.vim
index 989b257..1a10a2d 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/clipper.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/clipper.vim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 " Language:	Clipper 5.2 & FlagShip
 " Maintainer:	C R Zamana <zamana@zip.net>
 " Some things based on c.vim by Bram Moolenaar and pascal.vim by Mario Eusebio
-" Last Change:	Sat Sep 09 2000
+" Last Change:	2011 Dec 29 by Thilo Six
 
 " For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
 " For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
   finish
 endif
 
+let s:cpo_save = &cpo
+set cpo&vim
+
 " Exceptions for my "Very Own" (TM) user variables naming style.
 " If you don't like this, comment it
 syn match  clipperUserVariable	"\<[a,b,c,d,l,n,o,u,x][A-Z][A-Za-z0-9_]*\>"
@@ -140,4 +143,6 @@
 
 let b:current_syntax = "clipper"
 
-" vim: ts=4
+let &cpo = s:cpo_save
+unlet s:cpo_save
+" vim: ts=8