diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f604101..408ebda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 - always use `-ao` flags for `ps` command to detect commands
 - Deprecate restoring shell history feature.
 - `view` added to the list of automatically restored programs
+- Enable vim session strategy to work with custom session files,
+  e.g. `vim -S Session1.vim`.
 
 ### v2.4.0, 2015-02-23
 - add "tmux-test"
diff --git a/strategies/vim_session.sh b/strategies/vim_session.sh
index 8121344..1b5293c 100755
--- a/strategies/vim_session.sh
+++ b/strategies/vim_session.sh
@@ -13,18 +13,9 @@ vim_session_file_exists() {
 	[ -e "${DIRECTORY}/Session.vim" ]
 }
 
-original_command_contains_session_flag() {
-	[[ "$ORIGINAL_COMMAND" =~ "-S" ]]
-}
-
 main() {
 	if vim_session_file_exists; then
 		echo "vim -S"
-	elif original_command_contains_session_flag; then
-		# Session file does not exist, yet the original vim command contains
-		# session flag `-S`. This will cause an error, so we're falling back to
-		# starting plain vim.
-		echo "vim"
 	else
 		echo "$ORIGINAL_COMMAND"
 	fi