diff --git a/autoload/neosnippet/parser.vim b/autoload/neosnippet/parser.vim
index abbc0a5..1ef21a8 100644
--- a/autoload/neosnippet/parser.vim
+++ b/autoload/neosnippet/parser.vim
@@ -67,11 +67,14 @@ function! s:parse(snippets_file) abort
       " Ignore.
     elseif line =~ '^include'
       " Include snippets file.
-      for file in split(globpath(join(
-            \ neosnippet#helpers#get_snippets_directory(), ','),
-            \ matchstr(line, '^include\s\+\zs.*$')), '\n')
-        let snippets = extend(snippets,
-              \ neosnippet#parser#_parse_snippets(file))
+      let snippets = extend(snippets, s:include_snippets(
+            \ [matchstr(line, '^include\s\+\zs.*$')]))
+    elseif line =~ '^extends'
+      " Extend snippets files.
+      let fts = split(matchstr(line, '^extends\s\+\zs.*$'), '\s*,\s*')
+      for ft in fts
+        let snippets = extend(snippets, s:include_snippets(
+              \ [ft.'.snip', ft.'.snippets', ft.'/*']))
       endfor
     elseif line =~ '^source'
       " Source Vim script file.
@@ -416,3 +419,15 @@ function! neosnippet#parser#_conceal_argument(arg, cnt, args) abort
   endif
   return printf('%s${%d:#:%s%s}', outside, a:cnt, inside, escape(a:arg, '{}'))
 endfunction
+
+function! s:include_snippets(globs) abort
+  let snippets = {}
+  for glob in a:globs
+      for file in split(globpath(join(
+            \ neosnippet#helpers#get_snippets_directory(), ','), glob), '\n')
+        call extend(snippets, neosnippet#parser#_parse_snippets(file))
+      endfor
+  endfor
+
+  return snippets
+endfunction
diff --git a/doc/neosnippet.txt b/doc/neosnippet.txt
index ef2cc31..d411990 100755
--- a/doc/neosnippet.txt
+++ b/doc/neosnippet.txt
@@ -672,7 +672,18 @@ Or if you want to include a whole directory with file type snippets.
 >
 	include javascript/*
 <
+Neosnippet also supports "extends" syntax like snipMate.
 
+>
+	extends c
+<
+It behaves like this:
+
+>
+	include c.snip
+	include c.snippets
+	include c/*
+<
 If you include snippet files it can happen that the same snippet name is used
 multiple times in snippet files. Neosnippet produces a warning if it detects
 this. If you want to overwrite a snippet explicitly, please use:
diff --git a/syntax/neosnippet.vim b/syntax/neosnippet.vim
index d892abc..b11771e 100644
--- a/syntax/neosnippet.vim
+++ b/syntax/neosnippet.vim
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ syntax match   neosnippetEscape
       \ '\\[`]' contained
 
 syntax match   neosnippetKeyword
-      \ '^\%(include\|source\|snippet\|abbr\|prev_word\|delete\|alias\|options\|regexp\|TARGET\)' contained
+      \ '^\%(include\|extends\|source\|snippet\|abbr\|prev_word\|delete\|alias\|options\|regexp\|TARGET\)' contained
 syntax keyword   neosnippetOption
       \ head word indent contained
 syntax match   neosnippetPrevWords