diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior/default.nix
index ff778d4d0a4d..105d470d1358 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior/default.nix
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm -r $out/share/doc/task/scripts/bash
     rm -r $out/share/doc/task/scripts/fish
     # Install vim and neovim plugin
-    mkdir -p $out/share/vim-plugins $out/share/nvim/site
+    mkdir -p $out/share/vim-plugins
     mv $out/share/doc/task/scripts/vim $out/share/vim-plugins/task
-    ln -s $out/share/vim-plugins/task $out/share/nvim/site/task
+    mkdir -p $out/share/nvim
+    ln -s $out/share/vim-plugins/task $out/share/nvim/site
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {