diff --git a/mergetools/gvimdiff3 b/mergetools/gvimdiff3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..04a5bb0ea8484244e420ef13072773623c5b0366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mergetools/gvimdiff3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+. "$MERGE_TOOLS_DIR/vimdiff"
diff --git a/mergetools/vimdiff b/mergetools/vimdiff
index 39d032771b8525253d3828fd68b2c7f6d6df8478..1ddfbfcd782d3b8d0e479cb0c5e29abce86e63c9 100644
--- a/mergetools/vimdiff
+++ b/mergetools/vimdiff
@@ -20,16 +20,26 @@ merge_cmd () {
 		"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c 'wincmd l' \
 			"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
 		;;
+	gvimdiff3|vimdiff3)
+		if $base_present
+		then
+			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c 'hid | hid | hid' \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$BASE" "$MERGED"
+		else
+			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c 'hid | hid' \
+				"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
+		fi
+		;;
 	esac
 	check_unchanged
 }
 
 translate_merge_tool_path() {
 	case "$1" in
-	gvimdiff|gvimdiff2)
+	gvimdiff|gvimdiff2|gvimdiff3)
 		echo gvim
 		;;
-	vimdiff|vimdiff2)
+	vimdiff|vimdiff2|vimdiff3)
 		echo vim
 		;;
 	esac
diff --git a/mergetools/vimdiff3 b/mergetools/vimdiff3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..04a5bb0ea8484244e420ef13072773623c5b0366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mergetools/vimdiff3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+. "$MERGE_TOOLS_DIR/vimdiff"