diff --git a/config.vim b/config.vim
index 2f90dc97..d37407f0 100644
--- a/config.vim
+++ b/config.vim
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ if !exists('g:vim_json_syntax_conceal')
 endif
 
 let g:filetype_euphoria = 'elixir'
+
+augroup filetypedetect
+  autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.vb setlocal filetype=vbnet
+augroup END
diff --git a/ftdetect/polyglot.vim b/ftdetect/polyglot.vim
index 19bfa777..8197de6d 100644
--- a/ftdetect/polyglot.vim
+++ b/ftdetect/polyglot.vim
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ if !exists('g:vim_json_syntax_conceal')
 endif
 
 let g:filetype_euphoria = 'elixir'
+
+augroup filetypedetect
+  autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.vb setlocal filetype=vbnet
+augroup END
 augroup filetypedetect
 " apiblueprint:sheerun/apiblueprint.vim
 autocmd BufReadPost,BufNewFile *.apib set filetype=apiblueprint