diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 5ec0a0e9..b4c3929b 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ if has("autocmd")
     au BufNew,BufRead *.ldif       nmap ;l :w<CR>:!clear; validate_ldap_ldif.py "%"<CR>
     au BufNew,BufRead *.md         nmap ;l :w<CR>:!clear; mdl "%" \| more -R<CR>
     au BufNew,BufRead *.scala      nmap ;l :w<CR>:!clear; scalastyle -c "$bash_tools/scalastyle_config.xml" "%" \| more -R<CR>
+    au BufNew,BufRead *.tf,*.tfvars nmap ;l :w<CR>:!clear; cd "`dirname "%"`" && terraform validate<CR>
     au BufNew,BufRead *.toml       nmap ;l :w<CR>:!clear; validate_toml.py "%"<CR>
     au BufNew,BufRead *.xml        nmap ;l :w<CR>:!clear; validate_xml.py "%"<CR>
     " TODO: needs fix to allow multiple inline yaml docs in 1 file