diff --git a/runtime/ftplugof.vim b/runtime/ftplugof.vim
index cd99ce0..7828ff2 100644
--- a/runtime/ftplugof.vim
+++ b/runtime/ftplugof.vim
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 " Vim support file to switch off loading plugins for file types
 "
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change:	2002 Apr 04
+" Last Change:	2011 Oct 20
 
 if exists("did_load_ftplugin")
   unlet did_load_ftplugin
 endif
 
-" Remove all autocommands in the filetypeplugin group
-silent! au! filetypeplugin *
+" Remove all autocommands in the filetypeplugin group, if any exist.
+if exists("#filetypeplugin")
+  silent! au! filetypeplugin *
+endif