diff --git a/utils/vim/Makefile b/utils/vim/Makefile
index 49d835172..8e9e3f3f0 100644
--- a/utils/vim/Makefile
+++ b/utils/vim/Makefile
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-gpm \
 	--disable-acl \
 	--with-tlib=ncurses \
-	--with-compiledby="non-existent-hostname-compiled" \
-	--disable-darwin
+	--with-compiledby="non-existent-hostname-compiled"
 
 CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no \
@@ -129,6 +128,10 @@ CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	vim_cv_tty_group=root \
 	vim_cv_tty_mode=0620
 
+ifneq ($(HOST_OS),Linux)
+  TARGET_PATH_PKG:=$(CURDIR)/scripts:$(TARGET_PATH_PKG)
+endif
+
 define Build/Prepare
 	$(call Build/Prepare/Default)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src autoconf
diff --git a/utils/vim/scripts/uname b/utils/vim/scripts/uname
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d2cd56864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/vim/scripts/uname
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "Linux"