diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/vim/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/vim/package.mk
index 6c8f7916b2..1a10a6e6dd 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/vim/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/vim/package.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no \
                            vim_cv_tty_mode=0620 \
                            ac_cv_sizeof_int=4 \
                            ac_cv_small_wchar_t=no \
+                           --datarootdir=/storage/.kodi/addons/virtual.system-tools/data \
+                           --disable-nls \
                            --enable-selinux=no \
                            --enable-gui=no \
                            --with-compiledby=LibreELEC \
@@ -35,3 +37,11 @@ pre_configure_target() {
 make_target() {
   :
 }
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  (
+  cd $INSTALL/storage/.kodi/addons/virtual.system-tools/data/vim/vim*
+  rm -r doc tutor gvimrc_example.vim
+  mv vimrc_example.vim ../vimrc
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/package.mk b/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/package.mk
index 037ebe224d..5e350b059f 100644
--- a/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/package.mk
@@ -172,4 +172,5 @@ addon() {
 
     # vim
     cp -P $(get_build_dir vim)/.install_pkg/usr/bin/vim $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
+    cp -Pa $(get_build_dir vim)/.install_pkg/storage/.kodi/addons/virtual.system-tools/data/vim/ $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/data
 }