diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests/default.nix
index a7a31ea4e65e..de18a630cca4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests/default.nix
@@ -525,4 +525,37 @@ pkgs.lib.recurseIntoAttrs rec {
         '';
       }
     );
+
+  nvim_require_check_ignores_test_modules = vimUtils.buildVimPlugin {
+    pname = "neovim-require-check-ignores-test-modules";
+    version = "0";
+    src = runCommandLocal "neovim-require-check-ignores-test-modules-src" { } ''
+      mkdir -p \
+        "$out/lua/require-check-ignores"/{debug,script,scripts,test,tests,spec,_meta} \
+        "$out/lua/require-check-ignores"
+      cat > "$out/lua/require-check-ignores/init.lua" <<'EOF'
+      return {}
+      EOF
+      for dir in debug script scripts test tests spec _meta; do
+        cat > "$out/lua/require-check-ignores/$dir/failing.lua" <<EOF
+      error("excluded $dir directory was required")
+      EOF
+      done
+      cat > "$out/lua/require-check-ignores/failing_meta.lua" <<'EOF'
+      error("excluded _meta module was required")
+      EOF
+      cat > "$out/lua/require-check-ignores/failing_spec.lua" <<'EOF'
+      error("excluded _spec module was required")
+      EOF
+      cat > "$out/lua/require-check-ignores/failing.spec.lua" <<'EOF'
+      error("excluded .spec module was required")
+      EOF
+      cat > "$out/lua/require-check-ignores/failing.test.lua" <<'EOF'
+      error("excluded .test module was required")
+      EOF
+      cat > "$out/lua/require-check-ignores/meta.lua" <<'EOF'
+      error("excluded meta module was required")
+      EOF
+    '';
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/hooks/neovim-require-check-hook.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/hooks/neovim-require-check-hook.sh
index bd3ea95e9470..5a309207cc53 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/hooks/neovim-require-check-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/hooks/neovim-require-check-hook.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,21 @@ discover_modules() {
     modules=()
 
     while IFS= read -r lua_file; do
-        # Ignore certain infra directories
-        if [[ "$lua_file" =~ (^|/)(debug|script|scripts|test|tests|spec)(/|$) || "$lua_file" =~ .*\meta.lua ]]; then
-            continue
+        # Ignore infrastructure directories and non-runtime module files
+        case "/$lua_file/" in
+            */debug/* | */script/* | */scripts/* | */test/* | */tests/* | */spec/* | */_meta/*)
+                continue
+                ;;
+        esac
+
+        case "${lua_file##*/}" in
+            *meta.lua | *_spec.lua | *.spec.lua | *.test.lua)
+                continue
+                ;;
+        esac
+
         # Ignore optional telescope and lualine modules
-        elif [[ "$lua_file" =~ ^lua/telescope/_extensions/(.+)\.lua || "$lua_file" =~ ^lua/lualine/(.+)\.lua ]]; then
+        if [[ "$lua_file" =~ ^lua/telescope/_extensions/(.+)\.lua || "$lua_file" =~ ^lua/lualine/(.+)\.lua ]]; then
             continue
         # Grab main module names
         elif [[ "$lua_file" =~ ^lua/([^/]+)/init.lua$ ]]; then