diff --git a/indent/vue.vim b/indent/vue.vim
index 24fa37c..58e9d70 100644
--- a/indent/vue.vim
+++ b/indent/vue.vim
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ let s:languages = [
       \   { 'name': 'css', 'pairs': ['<style', '</style>'] },
       \   { 'name': 'coffee', 'pairs': ['<script lang="coffee"', '</script>'] },
       \   { 'name': 'javascript', 'pairs': ['<script', '</script>'] },
+      \   { 'name': 'json', 'pairs': ['<i18n', '</i18n>'] },
       \ ]
 
 for s:language in s:languages
diff --git a/syntax/vue.vim b/syntax/vue.vim
index 3d3d514..dd65dc9 100644
--- a/syntax/vue.vim
+++ b/syntax/vue.vim
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ function! s:register_language(language, tag, ...)
   endif
 endfunction
 
+function! s:register_custom_tag(tag, language)
+  if s:syntax_available(a:language)
+    execute 'syntax include @' . a:language . ' syntax/' . a:language . '.vim'
+    unlet! b:current_syntax
+    execute 'syntax region vue_' . a:language
+          \ 'keepend'
+          \ 'start=/<' . a:tag . '\>\_[^>]*>/'
+          \ 'end="</' . a:tag . '>"me=s-1'
+          \ 'contains=@' . a:language . ',vueSurroundingTag'
+          \ 'fold'
+  endif
+endfunction
+
+call s:register_custom_tag('i18n', 'json')
+
 if !exists("g:vue_disable_pre_processors") || !g:vue_disable_pre_processors
   call s:register_language('less', 'style')
   call s:register_language('pug', 'template', s:attr('lang', '\%(pug\|jade\)'))
@@ -55,7 +70,7 @@ if !exists("g:vue_disable_pre_processors") || !g:vue_disable_pre_processors
   call s:register_language('scss', 'style')
 endif
 
-syn region  vueSurroundingTag   contained start=+<\(script\|style\|template\)+ end=+>+ fold contains=htmlTagN,htmlString,htmlArg,htmlValue,htmlTagError,htmlEvent
+syn region  vueSurroundingTag   contained start=+<\(\w\|-\)+ end=+>+ fold contains=htmlTagN,htmlString,htmlArg,htmlValue,htmlTagError,htmlEvent
 syn keyword htmlSpecialTagName  contained template
 syn keyword htmlArg             contained scoped ts
 syn match   htmlArg "[@v:][-:.0-9_a-z]*\>" contained