diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 5becc91699bf..c4c22170ba35 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ with prev;
 
     # we override 'luarocks test' because otherwise neovim doesn't find/load the plenary plugin
     checkPhase = ''
-      export LIBSQLITE="${sqlite.out}/lib/libsqlite3.so"
+      export LIBSQLITE="${sqlite.out}/lib/libsqlite3${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}"
       export HOME="$TMPDIR";
 
       nvim --headless -i NONE \