diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index e14e9183d145..b0b676763aae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   libgit2,
   llvmPackages,
   neovim-unwrapped,
+  nix,
   nodejs,
   openscad,
   openssh,
@@ -766,6 +767,7 @@ assertNoAdditions {
   };
 
   cmp-nixpkgs-maintainers = super.cmp-nixpkgs-maintainers.overrideAttrs {
+    nativeCheckInputs = [ nix ];
     checkInputs = [ self.nvim-cmp ];
   };