diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 9c16c229..838e369e 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ set wrap
 set linebreak
 
 au BufRead,BufNewFile *.ipynb set filetype=json
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.md set spell
 syntax on
 if &diff
         syntax off