diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index 85c05446ee86..b16f9eae5a88 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -1633,6 +1633,17 @@ self: super: {
         --replace "'zoxide_executable', 'zoxide'" "'zoxide_executable', '${zoxide}/bin/zoxide'"
     '';
   };
+  LeaderF = super.LeaderF.overrideAttrs {
+    buildInputs = [ python3 ];
+    # rm */build/ to prevent dependencies on gcc
+    # strip the *.so to keep files small
+    buildPhase = ''
+      patchShebangs .
+      ./install.sh
+      rm autoload/leaderf/fuzzyMatch_C/build/ -r
+    '';
+    stripDebugList = [ "autoload/leaderf/python" ];
+  };
 
 } // (
   let