diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/common.nix
index e0ac32c54ec5..6c5a21be40f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/common.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Arbitrary code execution fix
+    # https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/cf4f74e0c6c6e4bbd6b59823aa1b85fa913e26eb/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.md
+    ./0001-source-command-doesnt-check-for-the-sandbox-5357552.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch =
     # Use man from $PATH; escape sequences are still problematic.
     ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
index 3b75d08787e8..64930cb2b0e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "default" = common.src; # latest release
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./cflags-prune.diff ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional ftNixSupport ./ft-nix-support.patch;
+  patches = common.patches or []
+    ++ [ ./cflags-prune.diff ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional ftNixSupport ./ft-nix-support.patch;
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-gui=${guiSupport}"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
index 6378bc7c7dc2..b448c7057f94 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "vim-${version}";
 
-  inherit (common) version src postPatch hardeningDisable enableParallelBuilding meta;
+  inherit (common) version src patches postPatch hardeningDisable enableParallelBuilding meta;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ]
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       cf-private
     ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # Arbitrary code execution fix
-    # https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/cf4f74e0c6c6e4bbd6b59823aa1b85fa913e26eb/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.md
-    ./0001-source-command-doesnt-check-for-the-sandbox-5357552.patch
-  ];
-
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-multibyte"
     "--enable-nls"