diff --git a/lua/snippy/reader/snipmate.lua b/lua/snippy/reader/snipmate.lua
index 1651f60..96acdbc 100644
--- a/lua/snippy/reader/snipmate.lua
+++ b/lua/snippy/reader/snipmate.lua
@@ -29,12 +29,21 @@ local function read_snippets_file(snippets_file)
         assert(prefix, 'prefix is nil: ' .. line .. ', file: ' .. snippets_file)
         local description = line:match('%s*"(.+)"%s*$')
         local body = {}
+        local indent = nil
         i = i + 1
         while i <= #lines do
             line = lines[i]
-            if line:sub(1, 1) == '\t' or line == '' then
-                -- print('> line =', line)
-                line = line:sub(2)
+            if line:find('^%s+') then
+                if not indent and line ~= '' then
+                    indent = line:match('%s+')
+                end
+                line = line:sub(#indent + 1)
+                line = line:gsub('^' .. indent .. '+', function(m)
+                    return string.rep('\t', #m / #indent)
+                end)
+                table.insert(body, line)
+                i = i + 1
+            elseif line == '' then
                 table.insert(body, line)
                 i = i + 1
             else
@@ -52,10 +61,8 @@ local function read_snippets_file(snippets_file)
     while i <= #lines do
         local line = lines[i]
         if line:sub(1, 7) == 'snippet' then
-            -- print('> parsing snippet - line:', line)
             parse_snippet()
         elseif line:sub(1, 7) == 'extends' then
-            -- print('> extends found', i, line)
             local scopes = vim.split(vim.trim(line:sub(8)), '%s+')
             vim.list_extend(extends, scopes)
             i = i + 1
diff --git a/test/snippets/custom.snippets b/test/snippets/custom.snippets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6198484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/snippets/custom.snippets
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+snippet trigger
+  This is indented with two spaces.
+    This is indented with four spaces.
+      This is indented with eight spaces.
diff --git a/test/unit/reader_spec.lua b/test/unit/reader_spec.lua
index 61cfb44..893766f 100644
--- a/test/unit/reader_spec.lua
+++ b/test/unit/reader_spec.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@ describe('Snippet reader', function()
         assert.is_same({ _ = snips }, snippy.snippets)
     end)
 
+    it('can read snippets with custom indent', function()
+        snippy.setup({ snippet_dirs = './test/' })
+        vim.cmd('set filetype=custom')
+        local snips = {
+            trigger = {
+                kind = 'snipmate',
+                prefix = 'trigger',
+                body = {
+                    'This is indented with two spaces.',
+                    '\tThis is indented with four spaces.',
+                    '\t\tThis is indented with eight spaces.',
+                },
+            },
+        }
+        assert.is_truthy(require('snippy.shared').config.snippet_dirs)
+        assert.is_not.same({}, require('snippy.reader.snipmate').list_available_scopes())
+        assert.is_same(snips, snippy.snippets.custom)
+    end)
+
     it('can read vim-snippets snippets', function()
         local snippet_dirs = os.getenv('VIM_SNIPPETS_PATH') or './vim-snippets/'
         snippy.setup({