diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index bb005ffa1e2..723fa190c27 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -1067,6 +1067,17 @@ rec {
 
   };
 
+  vim-gitbranch = buildVimPluginFrom2Nix { # created by nix#NixDerivation
+    name = "vim-gitbranch-2017-05-28";
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "https://github.com/itchyny/vim-gitbranch";
+      rev = "8118dc1cdd387bd609852be4bf350360ce881193";
+      sha256 = "01gvd96mnzfc5s0951zzq122birg5svnximkldgb9kv5bmsnmh3j";
+    };
+    dependencies = [];
+
+  };
+
   vim-ipython = buildVimPluginFrom2Nix { # created by nix#NixDerivation
     name = "vim-ipython-2015-06-23";
     src = fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
index f33cb8f8951..0de98a32947 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
@@ -250,3 +250,4 @@
 "github:chemzqm/denite-git"
 "github:chemzqm/denite-extra"
 "github:bazelbuild/vim-bazel"
+"github:itchyny/vim-gitbranch"