diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 538c95c..74f2320 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ let g:syntastic_always_populate_loc_list = 1
 let g:syntastic_auto_loc_list = 1
 let g:syntastic_check_on_open = 1
 let g:syntastic_check_on_wq = 0
+let g:syntastic_mode_map = { 'passive_filetypes': ['cpp', 'c'] }
 
 " ------------------------------------ NERDTree  -------------------------------------------
 "" NERDTree Setup