diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/blink-pairs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/blink-pairs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d469e1ee8dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/blink-pairs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  rustPlatform,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pkg-config,
+  vimUtils,
+  stdenv,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+let
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Saghen";
+    repo = "blink.pairs";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-fOOo+UnrbQJFWyqjpiFwhytlPoPRnUlGswQdZb3/ws0=";
+  };
+
+  blink-pairs-lib = rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+    pname = "blink-pairs";
+    inherit version src;
+
+    useFetchCargoVendor = true;
+    cargoHash = "sha256-vkybRuym1yibaw943Gs9luYLdYEp4tgvA8e4maATiTY=";
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      pkg-config
+    ];
+  };
+in
+vimUtils.buildVimPlugin {
+  pname = "blink.pairs";
+  inherit version src;
+
+  preInstall =
+    let
+      ext = stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
+    in
+    ''
+      mkdir -p target/release
+      ln -s ${blink-pairs-lib}/lib/libblink_pairs${ext} target/release/
+    '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      attrPath = "vimPlugins.blink-pairs.blink-pairs-lib";
+    };
+
+    # needed for the update script
+    inherit blink-pairs-lib;
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Rainbow highlighting and intelligent auto-pairs for Neovim";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Saghen/blink.pairs";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Saghen/blink.pairs/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ isabelroses ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index a78d1b5c4699..c81e450df2e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ in
     dependencies = [ self.plenary-nvim ];
   };
 
+  blink-pairs = callPackage ./non-generated/blink-pairs { };
+
   bluloco-nvim = super.bluloco-nvim.overrideAttrs {
     dependencies = [ self.lush-nvim ];
   };