diff --git a/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig b/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
index c3efd1b4d5..0889c9e6e9 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_riscv64_virt_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_COREUTILS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_COREUTILS_INDIVIDUAL_BINARIES=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_VIM=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION=y