diff --git a/profile/default/.vimrc b/profile/default/.vimrc
index 31b7bc41c49afbe6ce0519207befefbd0e223850..49b114fc3bf285a6281c5208363967976724550c 100644
--- a/profile/default/.vimrc
+++ b/profile/default/.vimrc
@@ -143,3 +143,7 @@ autocmd BufWinLeave * call clearmatches()
 " --- vim modeline ---{{{
 " vim: set foldmethod=marker:
 "}}}
+
+" --- httplog syntax (nginx, apache) ---{{{
+autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile /var/log/nginx/** set filetype=httplog
+"}}}
diff --git a/profile/rda/.vimrc b/profile/rda/.vimrc
index f892c58d8f0178e558505b06273c5a550b849fa9..0c15f26d0f094479b2da26bab236f72595a15d5d 100644
--- a/profile/rda/.vimrc
+++ b/profile/rda/.vimrc
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ let g:pymode_python = 'python3'
 let g:pymode_options_max_line_length = 100
 "}}}
 
+" --- httplog syntax (nginx, apache) ---{{{
+autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile /var/log/nginx/** set filetype=httplog
+"}}}
+
 " --- unused ---{{{
 " workaround for https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1start671
 "if has("unix")