diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
index da586a5699..60753c34a8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     --disable-netbeans \
     --disable-desktop-database-update \
     --with-tlib=ncurses \
+    --with-modified-by='${MAINTAINER}' \
     ac_cv_small_wchar_t=no \
     ac_cv_path_GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES=no \
     vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no \