diff --git a/vim/compiler/terraform.vim b/vim/compiler/terraform.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab5eae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/compiler/terraform.vim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+setlocal makeprg=terraform\ -chdir=%:p:h\ validate\ -json
diff --git a/vim/ftplugin/terraform.vim b/vim/ftplugin/terraform.vim
index bac878b..e33a096 100644
--- a/vim/ftplugin/terraform.vim
+++ b/vim/ftplugin/terraform.vim
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+compiler terraform
 setlocal formatprg=terraform\ fmt\ -