diff --git a/spacemacs/config.el b/spacemacs/config.el
index c37dd0fac..67e69328c 100644
--- a/spacemacs/config.el
+++ b/spacemacs/config.el
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
     (spacemacs|hide-lighter hs-minor-mode)))
 (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'spacemacs//enable-hs-minor-mode)
 
+;; single-space sentence navigation to match vim if vim is selected as the
+;; editing style
+(when (eq 'vim dotspacemacs-editing-style)
+  (setq-default sentence-end-double-space nil))
+
 ;; Hack to fix a bug with tabulated-list.el
 ;; see: http://redd.it/2dgy52
 (defun tabulated-list-revert (&rest ignored)