diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index 1a7ce55..c8e1324 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ h2. What it does
 
 This plugin is pretty basic right now. It currently:
 
-* Sets *Spec.js and *SpecHelper.js files to filetype=jasmine+javascript
+* Sets *Spec.js and *SpecHelper.js files to filetype=jasmine.javascript syntax=jasmine
+* Sets *Spec.coffee and *SpecHelper.coffee files to filetype=jasmine.coffee syntax=jasmine
 * Applies basic syntax highlighting for jasmine keywords in addition to normal javascript syntax
 * Loads snippets for the jasmine filetype for:
 ** desc: description block with before..it..expect
diff --git a/ftdetect/jasmine.vim b/ftdetect/jasmine.vim
index f201b60..5fd1d16 100644
--- a/ftdetect/jasmine.vim
+++ b/ftdetect/jasmine.vim
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead,BufWritePost *Spec.js,*SpecHelper.js set filetype=jasmine.javascript syntax=jasmine
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead,BufWritePost *Spec.coffee,*SpecHelper.coffee set filetype=jasmine.coffee syntax=jasmine
diff --git a/syntax/jasmine.vim b/syntax/jasmine.vim
index 112164c..1199746 100644
--- a/syntax/jasmine.vim
+++ b/syntax/jasmine.vim
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
 endif
 
-runtime! syntax/javascript.vim
+if &ft =~ "coffee"
+  runtime! syntax/coffee.vim
+else
+  runtime! syntax/javascript.vim
+endif
 
 syn case match
 syn keyword specFunctions afterEach beforeEach describe it expect addMatchers spyOn not