diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 253e5f2..7c56537 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ if has("autocmd")
     autocmd FileType c syn match Constant display "\<[A-Z_][A-Z_0-9]*\>"
     autocmd FileType cpp syn match Constant display "\<[A-Z_][A-Z_0-9]*\>"
     autocmd FileType dosbatch syn match Comment "^@rem\($\|\s.*$\)"lc=4 contains=dosbatchTodo,@dosbatchNumber,dosbatchVariable,dosbatchArgument
-    autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.dxl setlocal syntax=cpp sw=2 ts=2 sts=2
+    autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.dxl setf java
+    autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.dxl setlocal sw=2 ts=2 sts=2
     " install glsl.vim in ~/.vim/syntax to use syntax highlighting for GLSL:
     autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.frag,*.vert,*.fp,*.vp,*.glsl setf glsl
     autocmd Syntax {cpp,c,idl} runtime syntax/doxygen.vim