diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index 6d19db4b12e5..0872ef434de4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -4303,6 +4303,12 @@ assertNoAdditions {
     };
   });
 
+  starrynight = super.starrynight.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    meta = old.meta // {
+      license = lib.licenses.vim;
+    };
+  });
+
   startup-nvim = super.startup-nvim.overrideAttrs {
     dependencies = [ self.plenary-nvim ];
   };