diff --git a/plug.vim b/plug.vim
index 6e14d0e..9eb11fc 100644
--- a/plug.vim
+++ b/plug.vim
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ function! s:lod(names, types)
 endfunction
 
 function! s:lod_ft(pat, names)
-  call s:lod(a:names, ['plugin', 'after/plugin'])
+  call s:lod(a:names, ['plugin', 'after/plugin', 'syntax', 'after/syntax'])
   execute 'autocmd! PlugLOD FileType' a:pat
   if exists('#filetypeplugin#FileType')
     doautocmd filetypeplugin FileType
diff --git a/test/workflow.vader b/test/workflow.vader
index 276a6ea..e8db40f 100644
--- a/test/workflow.vader
+++ b/test/workflow.vader
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ Execute (Filetype-based on-demand loading):
   AssertEqual ['xxx/ftdetect', 'xxx/after/ftdetect'], g:xxx
 
   setf xxx
-  AssertEqual ['xxx/ftdetect', 'xxx/after/ftdetect', 'xxx/plugin', 'xxx/after/plugin', 'xxx/ftplugin', 'xxx/after/ftplugin', 'xxx/indent', 'xxx/after/indent', 'xxx/syntax', 'xxx/after/syntax'], g:xxx
+  AssertEqual ['xxx/ftdetect', 'xxx/after/ftdetect', 'xxx/plugin', 'xxx/after/plugin', 'xxx/syntax', 'xxx/after/syntax', 'xxx/ftplugin', 'xxx/after/ftplugin', 'xxx/indent', 'xxx/after/indent', 'xxx/syntax', 'xxx/after/syntax'], g:xxx
 
 Before: