diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index be22b71d2b2..598608420d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -1173,6 +1173,20 @@ rec {
 
   };
 
+  vim-yapf = buildVimPluginFrom2Nix { # created by nix#NixDerivation
+    name = "vim-yapf-2017-03-21";
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "https://github.com/mindriot101/vim-yapf";
+      rev = "324380d77c9cf8e46e22b2e4391702273a53f563";
+      sha256 = "0vsd53k5k8absc60qka8nlj2ij6k4zgff2a65ixc7vqcmawxr3nw";
+    };
+    dependencies = [];
+    buildPhase = ''
+      substituteInPlace ftplugin/python_yapf.vim \
+        --replace '"yapf"' '"${pkgs.yapf}/bin/yapf"'
+    '';
+  };
+
   lushtags = buildVimPluginFrom2Nix { # created by nix#NixDerivation
     name = "lushtags-2017-04-19";
     src = fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
index 10630636b89..608e14ef946 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 "github:mhinz/vim-startify"
 "github:michaeljsmith/vim-indent-object"
 "github:mileszs/ack.vim"
+"github:mindriot101/vim-yapf"
 "github:mkasa/lushtags"
 "github:mpickering/hlint-refactor-vim"
 "github:nathanaelkane/vim-indent-guides"
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/vim-yapf b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/vim-yapf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63b54b22e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/vim-yapf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+    buildPhase = ''
+      substituteInPlace ftplugin/python_yapf.vim \
+        --replace '"yapf"' '"${pkgs.yapf}/bin/yapf"'
+    '';