diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index 4c06e26b91ca6..d3da454041399 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -2125,6 +2125,11 @@ in
       telescope-nvim
       sqlite-lua
     ];
+
+    patches = [ ./patches/smart-open.nvim/fix-paths.patch ];
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace lua/telescope/_extensions/smart_open/file_scanner.lua --replace-fail '@rg@' ${ripgrep}/bin/rg
+    '';
   };
 
   sniprun =
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/patches/smart-open.nvim/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/patches/smart-open.nvim/fix-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7e45c5973f5c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/patches/smart-open.nvim/fix-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/lua/telescope/_extensions/smart_open/file_scanner.lua b/lua/telescope/_extensions/smart_open/file_scanner.lua
+index 1cba423..cb20ea7 100644
+--- a/lua/telescope/_extensions/smart_open/file_scanner.lua
++++ b/lua/telescope/_extensions/smart_open/file_scanner.lua
+@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ local function ripgrep_scan(basedir, ignore_patterns, on_insert, on_complete)
+   local stop
+
+   local start_time
+-  stop = spawn("rg", { args = args, cwd = basedir }, {
++  stop = spawn("@rg@", { args = args, cwd = basedir }, {
+     stdout = function(_, chunk)
+       if not start_time then
+         start_time = vim.loop.uptime()