diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 66941ed76987..bb3d01ab8b5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -1174,6 +1174,9 @@ let
           # https://github.com/PythonNut/evil-easymotion/issues/74
           evil-easymotion = addPackageRequires super.evil-easymotion [ self.evil ];
 
+          # tightly coupled to ghostel (from manual-packages), use the same source
+          evil-ghostel = externalSrc super.evil-ghostel self.ghostel;
+
           evil-mu4e = addPackageRequires super.evil-mu4e [ self.mu4e ];
 
           # https://github.com/VanLaser/evil-nl-break-undo/issues/2