diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
index 354aaf6db546..a9a9b6952bda 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ let
 
 in if (vimAlias == false && configure == null) then neovim else stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "neovim-${neovim.version}-configured";
-  inherit (neovim) version;
+  inherit (neovim) version meta;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];