diff --git a/support-d/.bashrc b/support-d/.bashrc
index eb32d36731..59c3f0188e 100644
--- a/support-d/.bashrc
+++ b/support-d/.bashrc
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ export CHARSET="ISO-8859-1"
 export PS1='\n\[\033[01;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[01;36m\] [\d \@] \[\033[01;33m\] \w\n\[\033[00m\]<\#>:'
 export PS2="\[\033[1m\]> \[\033[0m\]"
 if [ -f ~/.viplease ]; then
-    export VISUAL=vi
+    if [ -f /usr/bin/vim ]; then
+	export VISUAL=vim
+    else 
+	export VISUAL=vi
+    fi
 else
     export VISUAL=emacs
 fi