diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index bcea8d3..54b2987 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## CONSTANTS
 
+BASEDIR=$(dirname $0)
+
 ## FUNCTIONS
 
 function assert_debian13 {
@@ -78,6 +80,17 @@ function configure_default {
   set_alternative vi nvim
   set_alternative vim nvim
 
+  [[ ! -f $HOME/.vimrc ]] &&
+    cp "$BASEDIR/resources/vimrc" "$HOME/.vimrc" ||
+    echo vimrc defined!
+
+  [[ ! -f $HOME/.config/nvim/init.vim ]] &&
+    cp "$BASEDIR/resources/init.vim" "$HOME/.config/nvim/init.vim" ||
+    echo nvim init.vim defined!
+
+  [[ ! -f $HOME/.config/nvim-vanilla/init.vim ]] &&
+    cp "$BASEDIR/resources/init.vim" "$HOME/.config/nvim-vanilla/init.vim" ||
+    echo nvim-vanilla init.vim defined!
 }
 
 function install_neovim {
diff --git a/resources/init.vim b/resources/init.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5618a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/init.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if filereadable(expand('~/.vimrc'))
+  source ~/.vimrc
+endif
+