diff --git a/test/minvimrc b/test/minvimrc
index 2a92e23..c75313c 100644
--- a/test/minvimrc
+++ b/test/minvimrc
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ set nocompatible
 let &rtp  = '~/.vim/bundle/vim-matchup,' . &rtp
 let &rtp .= ',~/.vim/bundle/vim-matchup/after'
 
+" rtp for testing files
+let &rtp  = '~/.vim/bundle/vim-matchup/test/rtp,' . &rtp
+
 " load other plugins, if necessary
 " let &rtp = '~/path/to/other/plugin,' . &rtp
 
diff --git a/test/rtp/ftdetect/matchuptest.vim b/test/rtp/ftdetect/matchuptest.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a87d497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rtp/ftdetect/matchuptest.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.matchuptest setlocal filetype=matchuptest
+
diff --git a/ftplugin/matchuptest.vim b/test/rtp/ftplugin/matchuptest.vim
similarity index 100%
rename from ftplugin/matchuptest.vim
rename to test/rtp/ftplugin/matchuptest.vim