diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests.nix
index 5f4cda714a67..8e4fbbd8ccf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ rec {
     viAlias = true;
   };
 
+  nvim_with_plug = neovim.override {
+    extraName = "-with-plug";
+    configure.plug.plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
+      vim-go
+    ];
+  };
+
   # nixpkgs should detect that no wrapping is necessary
   nvimShouldntWrap = wrapNeovim2 "-should-not-wrap" nvimAutoDisableWrap;