diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 937f629..bef009e 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ let g:DoxygenToolkit_commentType = 'C++'
 " markdown fenced code block languages
 let g:markdown_fenced_languages =
   \ ['cpp', 'c', 'cmake', 'sh', 'vim', 'python', 'yaml']
+" reStructuredText code block languages
+let g:rst_syntax_code_list = {
+\   'vim': ['vim'], 'java': ['java'],
+\   'c': ['c'], 'cpp': ['cpp', 'c++'],
+\   'python': ['python']
+\ }
 
 " Python folding
 Pack 'kalekundert/vim-coiled-snake'