diff --git a/misc/vim/ftdetect/dbscheme.vim b/misc/vim/ftdetect/dbscheme.vim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f3f94de185f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/vim/ftdetect/dbscheme.vim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.dbscheme set filetype=dbscheme
diff --git a/misc/vim/syntax/dbscheme.vim b/misc/vim/syntax/dbscheme.vim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1d199b50b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/vim/syntax/dbscheme.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+syn keyword dbschemeKeyword case of unique
+syn keyword dbschemeType int ref string varchar 
+
+syn match dbschemeCustomType "\v[@][a-zA-Z_0-9]+"
+syn match dbschemeInlineComment "//.*$"
+
+syn region dbschemeComment start='/\*' end='\*/'
+
+hi def link dbschemeType Type
+hi def link dbschemeKeyword Keyword
+hi def link dbschemeCustomType Type
+hi def link dbschemeComment Comment
+hi def link dbschemeInlineComment Comment