diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index e8bacf559230..f4fbcf7c9f20 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -1553,7 +1553,9 @@ in
   };
 
   nvim-metals = super.nvim-metals.overrideAttrs {
+    dependencies = with self; [ plenary-nvim ];
     dontBuild = true;
+    nvimRequireCheck = "metals";
   };
 
   nvim-navbuddy = super.nvim-navbuddy.overrideAttrs {