diff --git a/packages/vim-python/build.sh b/packages/vim-python/build.sh
index 6184d37c99..c07ec28ab0 100644
--- a/packages/vim-python/build.sh
+++ b/packages/vim-python/build.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 		termux_error_exit "Package '$TERMUX_PKG_NAME' is not safe for on-device builds."
 	fi
 
+	# Version guard
+	local ver_v=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/vim/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	local ver_p=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/vim-python/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	local ver_g=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	if [ "${ver_v}" != "${ver_p}" ] || [ "${ver_p}" != "${ver_g}" ]; then
+		termux_error_exit "Version mismatch between vim, vim-python and vim-gtk."
+	fi
+
 	make distclean
 
 	# Remove eventually existing symlinks from previous builds so that they get re-created
diff --git a/packages/vim/build.sh b/packages/vim/build.sh
index ce879ed3af..54c14fd36c 100644
--- a/packages/vim/build.sh
+++ b/packages/vim/build.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 		termux_error_exit "Package '$TERMUX_PKG_NAME' is not safe for on-device builds."
 	fi
 
+	# Version guard
+	local ver_v=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/vim/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	local ver_p=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/vim-python/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	local ver_g=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	if [ "${ver_v}" != "${ver_p}" ] || [ "${ver_p}" != "${ver_g}" ]; then
+		termux_error_exit "Version mismatch between vim, vim-python and vim-gtk."
+	fi
+
 	make distclean
 
 	# Remove eventually existing symlinks from previous builds so that they get re-created
diff --git a/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh b/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh
index 6b1cffb978..c36675ac3a 100644
--- a/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh
+++ b/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ TERMUX_PKG_CONFFILES="share/vim/vimrc"
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	LDFLAGS+=" -landroid-shmem"
 
+	# Version guard
+	local ver_v=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/vim/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	local ver_p=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/vim-python/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	local ver_g=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh; echo ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION#*:})
+	if [ "${ver_v}" != "${ver_p}" ] || [ "${ver_p}" != "${ver_g}" ]; then
+		termux_error_exit "Version mismatch between vim, vim-python and vim-gtk."
+	fi
+
 	make distclean
 
 	# Remove eventually existing symlinks from previous builds so that they get re-created.