diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 5f9aaa4..e9882cf 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+[ ! -d "$HOME/.vim/" ] && mkdir "$HOME/.vim"
+
 cp bash/bashrc        ~/.bashrc
 cp bash/bash_profile  ~/.bash_profile
 cp tmux/tmux.conf     ~/.tmux.conf
 cp git/gitconfig      ~/.gitconfig
+cp vim/vimrc          ~/.vim/vimrc
diff --git a/vim/vimrc b/vim/vimrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cffab05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/vimrc
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"
+" minimal vimrc with no plugins
+"
+
+" ui
+set number
+set ruler
+set wildmenu
+set showcmd
+set showmatch
+
+" encoding/format
+set encoding=utf-8
+set fileformats=unix,dos,mac
+
+" searching
+set hlsearch
+set incsearch
+set ignorecase
+set smartcase
+
+" indent
+set shiftwidth=4
+set tabstop=4
+set softtabstop=4
+set autoindent
+
+" allow syntax and filetype plugins
+syntax enable
+filetype plugin indent on
+runtime macros/matchit.vim
+
+" key timeout values
+set esckeys
+set ttimeoutlen=20
+set timeoutlen=1000
+
+" filetypes
+autocmd FileType markdown setlocal sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 expandtab
+