diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2494ed98..ce01da7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-02-01  Enrico Tröger  <enrico(dot)troeger(at)uvena(dot)de>
+
+ * src/symbols.c:
+   Explicitly read filetype configuration files before generating
+   global tags to get settings for custom filetypes.
+
+
 2010-02-01  Nick Treleaven  <nick(dot)treleaven(at)btinternet(dot)com>
 
  * src/plugins.c:
diff --git a/src/symbols.c b/src/symbols.c
index 55b501c2..4c1ba620 100644
--- a/src/symbols.c
+++ b/src/symbols.c
@@ -1358,6 +1358,9 @@ int symbols_generate_global_tags(int argc, char **argv, gboolean want_preprocess
 			g_printerr(_("Unknown filetype extension for \"%s\".\n"), tags_file);
 			return 1;
 		}
+		/* load config in case of custom filetypes */
+		filetypes_load_config(ft->id, FALSE);
+
 		/* load ignore list for C/C++ parser */
 		if (ft->id == GEANY_FILETYPES_C || ft->id == GEANY_FILETYPES_CPP)
 			load_c_ignore_tags();