diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
index 412a6f724956..7cec1025611f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ in
       substituteInPlace src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt --replace "    util" ""
     '';
 
+    # For treesitter plugins, libstdc++.so.6 will be needed
+    NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lstdc++"];
+
     # export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:${PATH}
     shellHook=''
       export VIMRUNTIME=$PWD/runtime