diff --git a/src/objclass/class_api.cc b/src/objclass/class_api.cc
index aa00581a0e1..e032d77c4fa 100644
--- a/src/objclass/class_api.cc
+++ b/src/objclass/class_api.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// -*- mode:C++; tab-width:8; c-basic-offset:2; indent-tabs-mode:t -*-
+// vim: ts=8 sw=2 smarttab
 
 #include "common/config.h"
 
diff --git a/src/objclass/objclass.h b/src/objclass/objclass.h
index b0ec28bd6ef..a4380e46aa5 100644
--- a/src/objclass/objclass.h
+++ b/src/objclass/objclass.h
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// -*- mode:C++; tab-width:8; c-basic-offset:2; indent-tabs-mode:t -*-
+// vim: ts=8 sw=2 smarttab
+
 #ifndef CEPH_OBJCLASS_H
 #define CEPH_OBJCLASS_H