diff --git a/runtime/autoload/dist/ft.vim b/runtime/autoload/dist/ft.vim
index 5f48f4b..a96bdf5 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/dist/ft.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/dist/ft.vim
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
   setf nroff
 enddef
 
-# Returns true if file content looks like LambdaProlog
+# Returns true if file content looks like LambdaProlog module
 def IsLProlog(): bool
   # skip apparent comments and blank lines, what looks like 
   # LambdaProlog comment may be RAPID header
@@ -848,6 +848,27 @@
   return 0
 enddef
 
+# LambdaProlog and Standard ML signature files
+export def FTsig()
+  if exists("g:filetype_sig")
+    exe "setf " .. g:filetype_sig
+    return
+  endif
+
+  var lprolog_comment = '^\s*\%(/\*\|%\)'
+  var lprolog_keyword = '^\s*sig\s\+\a'
+  var sml_comment = '^\s*(\*'
+  var sml_keyword = '^\s*\%(signature\|structure\)\s\+\a'
+
+  var line = getline(nextnonblank(1))
+
+  if line =~ lprolog_comment || line =~# lprolog_keyword
+    setf lprolog
+  elseif line =~ sml_comment || line =~# sml_keyword
+    setf sml
+  endif
+enddef
+
 export def FTsys()
   if exists("g:filetype_sys")
     exe "setf " .. g:filetype_sys
diff --git a/runtime/doc/filetype.txt b/runtime/doc/filetype.txt
index 282a796..90ae3e7 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/filetype.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/filetype.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
 	*.pp		g:filetype_pp	|ft-pascal-syntax|
 	*.prg		g:filetype_prg
 	*.r		g:filetype_r
+	*.sig		g:filetype_sig
 	*.sql		g:filetype_sql	|ft-sql-syntax|
 	*.src		g:filetype_src
 	*.sys		g:filetype_sys
diff --git a/runtime/filetype.vim b/runtime/filetype.vim
index 1648e82..c7c6eab 100644
--- a/runtime/filetype.vim
+++ b/runtime/filetype.vim
@@ -997,8 +997,8 @@
 " Limits
 au BufNewFile,BufRead */etc/limits,*/etc/*limits.conf,*/etc/*limits.d/*.conf	setf limits
 
-" LambdaProlog (see dist#ft#FTmod for *.mod)
-au BufNewFile,BufRead *.sig			setf lprolog
+" LambdaProlog or SML (see dist#ft#FTmod for *.mod)
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.sig			call dist#ft#FTsig()
 
 " LDAP LDIF
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.ldif			setf ldif