diff --git a/simpleDots/vim/vimrc b/simpleDots/vim/vimrc
index b5b422b..e18af0e 100755
--- a/simpleDots/vim/vimrc
+++ b/simpleDots/vim/vimrc
@@ -320,5 +320,8 @@ let NERDTreeIgnore=['\.vim$', '\~$', '\.git$', '.DS_Store']
 " Close nerdtree and vim on close file
 autocmd bufenter * if (winnr("$") == 1 && exists("b:NERDTreeType") && b:NERDTreeType == "primary") | q | endif
 
+" ==================== Base64 de- and encoding ====================
+vnoremap <leader>b64d y:let @"=system('base64 -w 0 --decode', @")<cr>gvP
+vnoremap <leader>b64e y:let @"=system('base64 -w 0', @")<cr>gvP
 
 " vim:ts=2:sw=2:et