diff --git a/autoload/youcompleteme.vim b/autoload/youcompleteme.vim
index 2282944f..404b493a 100644
--- a/autoload/youcompleteme.vim
+++ b/autoload/youcompleteme.vim
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ endfunction
 function! s:TweakSyntasticOptions()
   call s:ForceCFamilyFiletypesSyntasticPassiveMode()
   call s:ForceSyntasticCFamilyChecker()
+
+  " We set this to work around segfaults in old versions of Vim
+  " See here for details: https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic/issues/834
+  let g:syntastic_delayed_redraws = 1
 endfunction