diff --git a/rc/c-family.kak b/rc/c-family.kak
index b932dfb2..f09a5b49 100644
--- a/rc/c-family.kak
+++ b/rc/c-family.kak
@@ -3,11 +3,21 @@ hook global BufCreate .*\.(cc|cpp|cxx|C|hh|hpp|hxx|H)$ %{
     set buffer mimetype ''
 }
 
-hook global BufCreate .*\.(c|h)$ %{
+hook global BufCreate .*\.c$ %{
     set buffer filetype c
     set buffer mimetype ''
 }
 
+hook global BufCreate .*\.h$ %{
+    try %{
+        exec %{%s\b::\b|\btemplate\h*<lt>|\bclass\h+\w+|\b(typename|namespace)\b|\b(public|private|protected)\h*:<ret>}
+        set buffer filetype cpp
+    } catch %{
+        set buffer filetype c
+    }
+    set buffer mimetype ''
+}
+
 hook global BufSetOption mimetype=text/x-c %{
     set buffer filetype c
 }