diff --git a/vim/plugin/detectindent.vim b/vim/plugin/detectindent.vim
index 266cb2e..62b73b4 100644
--- a/vim/plugin/detectindent.vim
+++ b/vim/plugin/detectindent.vim
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ fun! <SID>IsCommentStart(line)
     " &comments isn't reliable
     if &ft == "c" || &ft == "cpp" || &ft == "java" || &ft == "scala"
         return -1 != match(a:line, '/\*')
+    elseif &ft == "ocaml" " ocaml comments
+        return -1 != match(a:line, '(\*')
     elseif &ft == "perl" " catch POD in Perl
         return -1 != match(a:line, '^=\w')
     else
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ endfun
 fun! <SID>IsCommentEnd(line)
     if &ft == "c" || &ft == "cpp" || &ft == "java" || &ft == "scala"
         return -1 != match(a:line, '\*/')
+    elseif &ft == "ocaml" " ocaml comments
+        return -1 != match(a:line, '\*(')
     elseif &ft == "perl" " catch POD
         return -1 != match(a:line, '^=cut')
     else