diff --git a/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim b/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim
index fe3c341..0681c8a 100644
--- a/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim
+++ b/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim
@@ -1965,6 +1965,18 @@ function! vimwiki#base#normalize_link(is_visual_mode) "{{{
   endif
 endfunction "}}}
 
+" vimwiki#base#detect_nested_syntax
+function! vimwiki#base#detect_nested_syntax() "{{{
+  let last_word = '\v.*<(\w+)\s*$'
+  let lines = map(filter(getline(1, "$"), 'v:val =~ "{{{" && v:val =~ last_word'), 
+        \ 'substitute(v:val, last_word, "\\=submatch(1)", "")')
+  let dict = {}
+  for elem in lines
+    exe "let dict.".elem." = elem"
+  endfor
+  return dict
+endfunction "}}}
+
 " }}}
 
 " Command completion functions {{{
diff --git a/doc/vimwiki.txt b/doc/vimwiki.txt
index 221d046..b5793ca 100644
--- a/doc/vimwiki.txt
+++ b/doc/vimwiki.txt
@@ -2015,6 +2015,20 @@ or in: >
  }}}
 
 
+*vimwiki-option-automatic_nested_syntaxes*
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Key                       Default value~
+automatic_nested_syntaxes 1            
+
+Description~
+Allows for smaller |vimwiki-option-nested_syntaxes| dictionaries, by turning
+entry for python on the previous example unnecessary: >
+  let wiki.nested_syntaxes = {'python': 'python', 'c++': 'cpp'}
+
+It requires that the file is reloaded (|:edit|) after new |filetype| is
+included in a file.
+
+
 *vimwiki-option-diary_rel_path*
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Key             Default value~
diff --git a/plugin/vimwiki.vim b/plugin/vimwiki.vim
index 1506261..d7abb6c 100644
--- a/plugin/vimwiki.vim
+++ b/plugin/vimwiki.vim
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ let s:vimwiki_defaults.template_default = 'default'
 let s:vimwiki_defaults.template_ext = '.tpl'
 
 let s:vimwiki_defaults.nested_syntaxes = {}
+let s:vimwiki_defaults.automatic_nested_syntaxes = 1
 let s:vimwiki_defaults.auto_export = 0
 let s:vimwiki_defaults.auto_toc = 0
 " is wiki temporary -- was added to g:vimwiki_list by opening arbitrary wiki
diff --git a/syntax/vimwiki.vim b/syntax/vimwiki.vim
index fbd4679..479bc67 100644
--- a/syntax/vimwiki.vim
+++ b/syntax/vimwiki.vim
@@ -588,6 +588,9 @@ let b:current_syntax="vimwiki"
 
 " EMBEDDED syntax setup "{{{
 let s:nested = VimwikiGet('nested_syntaxes')
+if VimwikiGet('automatic_nested_syntaxes')
+  let s:nested = extend(s:nested, vimwiki#base#detect_nested_syntax())
+endif
 if !empty(s:nested)
   for [s:hl_syntax, s:vim_syntax] in items(s:nested)
     call vimwiki#base#nested_syntax(s:vim_syntax,