diff --git a/src/MacVim/mvim b/src/MacVim/mvim
index 653cf783ea..58940f3ae8 100755
--- a/src/MacVim/mvim
+++ b/src/MacVim/mvim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ -z "$VIM_APP_DIR" ]
 then
 	myDir="`dirname "$0"`"
 	myAppDir="$myDir/../Applications"
-	for i in ~/Applications ~/Applications/vim $myDir $myDir/vim $myAppDir $myAppDir/vim /Applications /Applications/vim /Applications/Utilities /Applications/Utilities/vim; do
+	for i in /Applications ~/Applications /Applications/vim ~/Applications/vim $myDir $myDir/vim $myAppDir $myAppDir/vim /Applications/Utilities /Applications/Utilities/vim; do
 		if [ -x "$i/MacVim.app" ]; then
 			VIM_APP_DIR="$i"
 			break