diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/README.md b/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/README.md
index cf80c123e4..3b71a7660f 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/README.md
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ for editing [Concourse](https://concourse-ci.org/) Pipeline and Task configurati
 The Concourse editor automatically activates when the name of the  `.yml` file you are editing 
 follows a certain pattern:
 
-  - `**/*pipeline*.yml` : activates support for editing pipelines
+  - `**/*pipeline*.yml` | `**/pipeline/*.yml` : activates support for editing pipelines
   - `**/tasks/*.yml` | `**/*task.yml` : activates support for editing tasks.
   
 You can also define your own patterns and map them to the language-ids `concourse-pipeline-yaml` 
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/package.json b/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/package.json
index 85766d7751..24944b79fc 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/package.json
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
           "Concourse Pipeline"
         ],
         "filenamePatterns": [
-          "*pipeline*.yml"
+          "*pipeline*.yml",
+          "**/pipeline/*.yml"
         ],
         "firstLine": "^#(\\s)*pipeline(\\s)*",
         "configuration": "./yaml-support/language-configuration.json"