diff --git a/ftplugin/scala.vim b/ftplugin/scala.vim
index 2c0361a..29981f0 100644
--- a/ftplugin/scala.vim
+++ b/ftplugin/scala.vim
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ else
 endif
 setlocal commentstring=//\ %s
 
-setlocal shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2 expandtab
+if get(g:, 'scala_recommended_style', 1) 
+  setlocal shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2 expandtab
+endif
 
 setlocal include=^\\s*import
 setlocal includeexpr=substitute(v:fname,'\\.','/','g')