diff --git a/templates/etc/vim/vimrc.local.j2 b/templates/etc/vim/vimrc.local.j2
index ea1a5fe890384ff83087e6e72c3821e0dc15eb36..be633964624a8df26f74e6df3c250c9e8e0083b4 100644
--- a/templates/etc/vim/vimrc.local.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/vim/vimrc.local.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set encoding=utf-8
 syntax on
-set number      " display line numberset number
+set number relativenumber      " display line numberset number
 set hlsearch    " highlight all search results
 set ignorecase  " do case insensitive search
 set incsearch   " show incremental search results as you type