diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index 59dd65218f65..1f59ee2cdc3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -3316,6 +3316,7 @@ assertNoAdditions {
   };
 
   nvim-jdtls = super.nvim-jdtls.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    runtimeDeps = [ python3 ];
     meta = old.meta // {
       license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     };