diff --git a/templates/vim.tmpl b/templates/vim.tmpl
index d6923f43acc..85a3a25da04 100644
--- a/templates/vim.tmpl
+++ b/templates/vim.tmpl
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ long_desc="
  Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. Many new features
  have been added: multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history,
  on-line help, filename completion, block operations, etc."
+
+run_depends="glibc-2.8"