diff --git a/dotfiles/vimrc b/dotfiles/vimrc
index 69fac7b..deacece 100644
--- a/dotfiles/vimrc
+++ b/dotfiles/vimrc
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ let g:syntastic_go_checkers = ['govet', 'errcheck', 'go']
 " Have F5 run the tests and display errors
 nnoremap <silent> <F5> :SyntasticCheck<CR> :Errors<CR>
 
+" Load vim-ycm if installed on the system level
+if isdirectory("/usr/share/vim-youcompleteme")
+  set runtimepath+=/usr/share/vim-youcompleteme
+endif
+
 " Include a .vimrc.local if it exists
 if filereadable(glob("~/.vimrc.local"))
   source ~/.vimrc.local