diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
index 0eba31375dc3..4665ea8a7818 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, gettext, glib, libmsgpack, libtermkey
 , libtool, libuv, lpeg, lua, luajit, luaMessagePack, luabitop, man, ncurses
-, perl, pkgconfig, unibilium, makeWrapper, vimUtils
+, perl, pkgconfig, unibilium, makeWrapper, vimUtils, xsel
 
 , withPython ? true, pythonPackages, extraPythonPackages ? []
 , withPython3 ? true, python3Packages, extraPython3Packages ? []
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ let
       install_name_tool -change libjemalloc.1.dylib \
                 ${jemalloc}/lib/libjemalloc.1.dylib \
                 $out/bin/nvim
+      sed -i -e "s|'xsel|'${xsel}/bin/xsel|" share/nvim/runtime/autoload/provider/clipboard.vim
     '' + optionalString withPython ''
       ln -s ${pythonEnv}/bin/python $out/bin/nvim-python
     '' + optionalString withPyGUI ''