diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/params.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/params.pp
index c55a318916..e77e010ea5 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/params.pp
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ class openstack_project::params {
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
       $packages = ['puppet', 'wget']
-      $user_packages = ['byobu', 'emacs-nox']
+      $user_packages = ['byobu', 'emacs-nox', 'vim-minimal']
       $update_pkg_list_cmd = ''
     }
     'Debian': {
       $packages = ['puppet', 'wget']
-      $user_packages = ['byobu', 'emacs23-nox']
+      $user_packages = ['byobu', 'emacs23-nox', 'vim-nox']
       $update_pkg_list_cmd = 'apt-get update >/dev/null 2>&1;'
     }
     default: {