diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index 80436201286..e5dbc3afee9 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -2232,6 +2232,17 @@ rec {
 
   };
 
+  riv = buildVimPluginFrom2Nix { # created by nix#NixDerivation
+    name = "riv-2017-02-07";
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "git://github.com/Rykka/riv.vim";
+      rev = "d1efdd92fbb51dc452c61eec54a0ec084f011b4b";
+      sha256 = "18qcglbrixgqk05x34dy2cksaw0dg7n51p48i6zkh5sqspv98zz3";
+    };
+    dependencies = [];
+
+  };
+
   sensible = buildVimPluginFrom2Nix { # created by nix#NixDerivation
     name = "sensible-2017-05-09";
     src = fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
index d5e8e47c078..ad508ea52aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
 "prettyprint"
 "quickfixstatus"
 "rainbow_parentheses"
+"riv"
 "sensible"
 "sleuth"
 "snipmate"