diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 4d32c06..46b20a2 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export PATH
 [[ $- != *i* ]] && return
 
 # User specific aliases and functions
+alias vi="vim"
 [ -f "${HOME}/.bashrc_local" ] && source "${HOME}/.bashrc_local"
 
 # stop quotes around ls which coreutils introduced
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 80eda0e..620d226 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export PATH
 
 # User specific aliases and functions
 alias history="fc -li"
+alias vi="vim"
 [ -f "${HOME}/.zshrc_local" ] && source "${HOME}/.zshrc_local"
 
 # stop quotes around ls which coreutils introduced