diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index 25033107b43d..2852a2c1e341 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, python, go, cmake, vim, vimUtils, perl, ruby, unzip
 , which, fetchgit, llvmPackages
 , xkb_switch, rustracerd, fzf
+, python3
 , Cocoa ? null
 }:
 
@@ -1503,6 +1504,23 @@ rec {
 
   };
 
+  deoplete-go = buildVimPluginFrom2Nix { # created by nix#NixDerivation
+    name = "deoplete-go-2016-11-12";
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "git://github.com/zchee/deoplete-go";
+      rev = "807b5536e7cebd06d0ce7b7d54c021a82774aee2";
+      sha256 = "1ragxnlzpf17f1wdy512hkz6bd673gzl16f14v78873rcyxpiw53";
+    };
+    dependencies = [];
+    buildInputs = [ python3 ]; 
+    buildPhase = ''
+      pushd ./rplugin/python3/deoplete/ujson
+      python3 setup.py build --build-base=$PWD/build --build-lib=$PWD/build
+      popd
+      find ./rplugin/ -name "ujson*.so" -exec mv -v {} ./rplugin/python3/ \;
+    '';
+  };
+
   deoplete-jedi = buildVimPluginFrom2Nix { # created by nix#NixDerivation
     name = "deoplete-jedi-2016-10-22";
     src = fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
index e14304982fcd..849baa492d0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-plugin-names
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 "github:wincent/command-t"
 "github:xolox/vim-easytags"
 "github:zchee/deoplete-jedi"
+"github:zchee/deoplete-go"
 "goyo"
 "matchit.zip"
 "pathogen"
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/deoplete-go b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/deoplete-go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80cfd9af6538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/deoplete-go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+    buildInputs = [ python3 ]; 
+    buildPhase = ''
+      pushd ./rplugin/python3/deoplete/ujson
+      python3 setup.py build --build-base=$PWD/build --build-lib=$PWD/build
+      popd
+      find ./rplugin/ -name "ujson*.so" -exec mv -v {} ./rplugin/python3/ \;
+    '';