diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/fff-nvim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/fff-nvim/default.nix
index d6bbea45d0fd..a855d947d3a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/fff-nvim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/fff-nvim/default.nix
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ let
     ];
 
     env = {
+      # Build zlob for a portable CPU baseline (https://github.com/dmtrKovalenko/fff/issues/705)
+      CI = "1";
+
       OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = true;
 
       # Allow undefined symbols on Darwin - they will be provided by Neovim's LuaJIT runtime