diff --git a/modules/programs/neovim.nix b/modules/programs/neovim.nix
index 086390fdbbeb..9de9ad9fdb8d 100644
--- a/modules/programs/neovim.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/neovim.nix
@@ -505,9 +505,18 @@ in
           advisedLua = foldedLuaBlock "home-manager generated: plugin config advised in nixpkgs" (
             lib.concatStringsSep "\n" vimPackageInfo.pluginAdvisedLua
           );
+
+          generatedLuaPath = lib.concatMapStringsSep ";" luaPackages.getLuaPath resolvedExtraLuaPackages;
+          generatedLuaCPath = lib.concatMapStringsSep ";" luaPackages.getLuaCPath resolvedExtraLuaPackages;
         in
 
         lib.mkMerge [
+          (lib.mkIf (
+            resolvedExtraLuaPackages != [ ]
+          ) ''package.path = "${generatedLuaPath}".. ";" .. package.path'')
+          (lib.mkIf (
+            resolvedExtraLuaPackages != [ ]
+          ) ''package.cpath = "${generatedLuaCPath}".. ";" .. package.cpath'')
           (lib.mkIf (advisedLua != null) (lib.mkOrder 510 advisedLua))
           (lib.mkIf (wrappedNeovim'.initRc != "") (
             lib.mkBefore "vim.cmd [[source ${pkgs.writeText "nvim-init-home-manager.vim" wrappedNeovim'.initRc}]]"
@@ -515,6 +524,7 @@ in
           (lib.mkIf (lib.hasAttr "lua" cfg.generatedConfigs) (
             lib.mkAfter (foldedLuaBlock "user-associated plugin config" cfg.generatedConfigs.lua)
           ))
+
         ];
 
       # link the packpath in expected folder so that even unwrapped neovim can pick
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.expected b/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.expected
index d6bed070cd1a..8599141a0ece 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.expected
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/neovim/plugin-config.expected
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 vim.cmd [[source /nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-nvim-init-home-manager.vim]]
+package.path = "/nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-luajit2.1-luautf8/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;/nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-luajit2.1-luautf8/share/lua/5.1/?/init.lua".. ";" .. package.path
+package.cpath = "/nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-luajit2.1-luautf8/lib/lua/5.1/?.so".. ";" .. package.cpath
 -- user-associated plugin config {{{
 function HM_PLUGIN_LUA_CONFIG ()
 end