diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index 30c742c3218c..adc2a6104e7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ in
 
 # TL;DR
 # Add your plugin to ./vim-plugin-names
-# Regenerate via `nix-shell -p vimPlugins.pluginnames2nix --command "vim-plugin-names-to-nix"`
+# Regenerate via `nix-shell -I nixpkgs=/path/to/your/local/fork -p vimPlugins.pluginnames2nix --command "vim-plugin-names-to-nix"`
 # Copy the generated expression(s) into this file.
 # If plugin is complicated then make changes to ./vim2nix/additional-nix-code
 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-utils.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-utils.nix
index 87b2f9d3e188..b659266ace7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-utils.nix
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ rec {
     unpackPhase ? "",
     configurePhase ? "",
     buildPhase ? "",
+    preInstall ? "",
+    postInstall ? "",
     path ? (builtins.parseDrvName name).name,
     addonInfo ? null,
     ...
@@ -390,9 +392,11 @@ rec {
     addRtp "${rtpPath}/${path}" (stdenv.mkDerivation (a // {
       name = namePrefix + name;
 
-      inherit unpackPhase configurePhase buildPhase addonInfo;
+      inherit unpackPhase configurePhase buildPhase addonInfo preInstall postInstall;
 
       installPhase = ''
+        runHook preInstall
+
         target=$out/${rtpPath}/${path}
         mkdir -p $out/${rtpPath}
         cp -r . $target
@@ -401,6 +405,8 @@ rec {
         if [ -n "$addonInfo" ]; then
           echo "$addonInfo" > $target/addon-info.json
         fi
+
+        runHook postInstall
       '';
     }));