diff --git a/lua/fzf-lua/libuv.lua b/lua/fzf-lua/libuv.lua
index 3db2e2e9..9938498f 100644
--- a/lua/fzf-lua/libuv.lua
+++ b/lua/fzf-lua/libuv.lua
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ M.wrap_spawn_stdio = function(opts, fn_transform, fn_preprocess)
         _is_win and [[set VIMRUNTIME=%s& ]] or "VIMRUNTIME=%s ",
         _is_win and vim.fs.normalize(vim.env.VIMRUNTIME) or M.shellescape(vim.env.VIMRUNTIME)
       )
-  local lua_cmd = ("lua loadfile([[%s]])().spawn_stdio(%s,%s,%s)")
+  local lua_cmd = ("lua vim.g.did_load_filetypes=1; loadfile([[%s]])().spawn_stdio(%s,%s,%s)")
       :format(
         _is_win and vim.fs.normalize(__FILE__) or __FILE__,
         opts, fn_transform, fn_preprocess
diff --git a/lua/fzf-lua/shell.lua b/lua/fzf-lua/shell.lua
index d495b7c7..521c23ac 100644
--- a/lua/fzf-lua/shell.lua
+++ b/lua/fzf-lua/shell.lua
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function M.raw_async_action(fn, fzf_field_expression, debug)
   local action_cmd = ("%s%s -n --headless --clean --cmd %s -- %s"):format(
     nvim_runtime,
     libuv.shellescape(path.normalize(nvim_bin)),
-    libuv.shellescape(("lua loadfile([[%s]])().rpc_nvim_exec_lua({%s})")
+    libuv.shellescape(("lua vim.g.did_load_filetypes=1; loadfile([[%s]])().rpc_nvim_exec_lua({%s})")
       :format(path.join { vim.g.fzf_lua_directory, "shell_helper.lua" }, call_args)),
     fzf_field_expression)
 
diff --git a/scripts/headless_fd.sh b/scripts/headless_fd.sh
index dc9ad621..9505d260 100755
--- a/scripts/headless_fd.sh
+++ b/scripts/headless_fd.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 VIMRUNTIME=/usr/share/nvim/runtime \
-/usr/bin/nvim -n --headless --clean --cmd "lua loadfile(
+/usr/bin/nvim -n --headless --clean --cmd "lua vim.g.did_load_filetypes=1; loadfile(
   [[${BASEDIR}/../lua/fzf-lua/libuv.lua]])().spawn_stdio(
   -- opts
   {