diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index ee5d33cd40..af17b63bab 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -5096,7 +5096,8 @@ chk_modeline(lnum, flags)
 	    if ((prev != -1 && STRNCMP(s, "ex:", (size_t)3) == 0)
 		    || STRNCMP(s, "vi:", (size_t)3) == 0)
 		break;
-	    if (STRNCMP(s, "vim", 3) == 0)
+	    /* Accept both "vim" and "Vim". */
+	    if ((s[0] == 'v' || s[0] == 'V') && s[1] == 'i' && s[2] == 'm')
 	    {
 		if (s[3] == '<' || s[3] == '=' || s[3] == '>')
 		    e = s + 4;
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 3a48c0fec3..0d851206fe 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -728,6 +728,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1249,
 /**/
     1248,
 /**/