diff --git a/extensions/yaml/language-configuration.json b/extensions/yaml/language-configuration.json
index cc1aa26cde6..010d773d3f3 100644
--- a/extensions/yaml/language-configuration.json
+++ b/extensions/yaml/language-configuration.json
@@ -23,5 +23,9 @@
 	],
 	"folding": {
 		"offSide": true
+	},
+	"indentationRules": {
+		"increaseIndentPattern": "^\\s*.*(:|-) ?(&\\w+)?(\\{[^}\"']*|\\([^)\"']*)?$",
+		"decreaseIndentPattern": "^\\s+\\}$"
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}