diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/template b/srcpkgs/vim/template
index d6b0fdc8594..f8b60e539fe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/template
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ pkgname=vim
 _distver=7.3
 _patchver=600
 version=${_distver}.${_patchver}
-revision=1
+revision=2
 nofetch=yes
 noextract=yes
+provides="vi-$version"
+replaces="vi>=0"
 subpackages="vim-common vim-x11 gvim"
 depends="vim-common>=$version"
 makedepends="mercurial ncurses-devel acl-devel pkg-config libXt-devel gtk+-devel"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/vim-x11.template b/srcpkgs/vim/vim-x11.template
index b6b49e1de0c..163782ef6b5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/vim-x11.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/vim-x11.template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vim-x11'.
 #
-provides="vim-${version}"
-replaces="vim>=0"
+provides="vi-${version} vim-${version}"
+replaces="vim>=0 vi>=0"
 short_desc="VI iMproved - X11 version"
 long_desc="${long_desc}