diff --git a/assets/keymaps/vim.json b/assets/keymaps/vim.json
index 211cbcf9266f0a..238ba4ffe5f464 100644
--- a/assets/keymaps/vim.json
+++ b/assets/keymaps/vim.json
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
       "!": "vim::ShellCommand",
       "i": ["vim::PushObject", { "around": false }],
       "a": ["vim::PushObject", { "around": true }],
+      "g r": ["vim::Paste", { "preserve_clipboard": true }],
       "g c": "vim::ToggleComments",
       "g q": "vim::Rewrap",
       "\"": "vim::PushRegister",
diff --git a/crates/vim/src/normal/paste.rs b/crates/vim/src/normal/paste.rs
index 261b137b14d61b..883fb33c65170d 100644
--- a/crates/vim/src/normal/paste.rs
+++ b/crates/vim/src/normal/paste.rs
@@ -849,6 +849,26 @@ mod test {
         );
         let clipboard: Register = cx.read_from_clipboard().unwrap().into();
         assert_eq!(clipboard.text, "fish");
+
+        cx.set_state(
+            indoc! {"
+                   ˇfish one
+                   two three
+                   "},
+            Mode::Normal,
+        );
+        cx.simulate_keystrokes("y i w");
+        cx.simulate_keystrokes("w");
+        cx.simulate_keystrokes("v i w g r");
+        cx.assert_state(
+            indoc! {"
+                fish fisˇh
+                two three
+                "},
+            Mode::Normal,
+        );
+        let clipboard: Register = cx.read_from_clipboard().unwrap().into();
+        assert_eq!(clipboard.text, "fish");
     }
 
     #[gpui::test]