diff --git a/profile/rda/.vimrc b/profile/rda/.vimrc
index 2691ec08f207a93c01b56d40edc30f087525c73e..4a34e1d32869e30b21c123cc05341d14d82f2819 100644
--- a/profile/rda/.vimrc
+++ b/profile/rda/.vimrc
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ let g:airline_theme='simple'
 " this is a fix to gnupg.vim that allows the use of gpg-agent with pinentry-curses
 " set g:GPGPrimeAgent to 1 in your .vimrc to enable priming of gpg-agent
 let g:GPGPrimeAgent = 1
+" load optional gnupg package (jammy), needs system package vim-scripts
+silent! packadd gnupg
 "}}}
 
 " --- markdown ---{{{