diff --git a/ftyperc b/ftyperc
index c773519..0e25d25 100644
--- a/ftyperc
+++ b/ftyperc
@@ -932,3 +932,14 @@
 -syntax puppet
 -pound_comment
 -autoindent
+
+ ip(6)tables
+*
++# Generated by iptables-save
+-syntax iptables
+-pound_comment
+
+*
++# Generated by ip6tables-save
+-syntax iptables
+-pound_comment
diff --git a/iptables.jsf b/iptables.jsf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdc8c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iptables.jsf
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# JOE syntax highlight file for ip(6)tables-save and -restore
+
+=Idle
+=Comment	green
+=Constant	cyan
+=Escape		bold cyan
+=Bad		bold red
+
+=Table		bold blue
+=Policy		fg_310 # brown
+
+:line_start Idle
+	*		rest		noeat
+	"#"		line_comment	recolor=-1
+	"*"		maybe_table	buffer
+	":"		default_policy	recolor=-1
+	"C"		maybe_commit	buffer
+
+:rest Idle
+	*		rest
+	"\n"		line_start
+
+:line_comment Comment
+	*		line_comment
+	"\n"		line_start
+
+:maybe_table Idle
+	*		bad		noeat strings
+	"*filter"	table_name
+	"*mangle"	table_name
+	"*nat"		table_name
+	"*raw"		table_name
+done
+	"a-z"		maybe_table
+
+:table_name Table
+	*		bad		noeat
+	"\n"		line_start
+
+:default_policy Policy
+	*		default_policy
+	"\n"		line_start
+
+:maybe_commit Idle
+	*		bad		noeat strings
+	"COMMIT"	commit
+done
+	"A-Z"		maybe_commit
+
+:commit Table
+	*		bad		noeat
+	"\n"		line_start
+
+:bad Bad
+	*		bad
+	"\n"		line_start