diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index fefe4daea471..a0beaa33c861 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -5592,6 +5592,12 @@ assertNoAdditions {
     };
   });
 
+  vim-protobuf = super.vim-protobuf.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    meta = old.meta // {
+      license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    };
+  });
+
   vim-ps1 = super.vim-ps1.overrideAttrs (old: {
     meta = old.meta // {
       license = lib.licenses.asl20;