diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-qt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-qt/package.nix
index 4fd4d76470e9..d3244643b4a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-qt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-qt/package.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
           --prefix PATH : ${neovim}/bin
 
         # link .desktop file
+        mkdir -p $out/share
         ln -s ${unwrapped}/share/applications $out/share/applications
         ln -s ${unwrapped}/share/icons $out/share/icons
       '';