diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-unwrapped/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-unwrapped/package.nix
index 48776af163de..59b3e92fd660 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-unwrapped/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
     nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
       versionCheckHook
     ];
+    versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/nvim";
     versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
     doInstallCheck = true;