diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
index aa8120470d14..edc33098bf1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     ln -sfn '${nixosRuntimepath}' "$out"/share/vim/vimrc
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString wrapPythonDrv ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/vim" --prefix PATH : "${python3}/bin"
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/vim" --prefix PATH : "${python3}/bin" \
+      --set NIX_PYTHONPATH "${python3}/${python3.sitePackages}"
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (guiSupport == "gtk3") ''
 
     rewrap () {