diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
index f8e5fc9ad1fd..4248f01ee800 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let
     # certain plugins need a custom configuration (available in passthru.initLua)
     # to work with nix.
     # if true, the wrapper automatically appends those snippets when necessary
-    , autoconfigure ? false
+    , autoconfigure ? true
 
     # append to PATH runtime deps of plugins
     , autowrapRuntimeDeps ? false