diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests/default.nix
index a7e0e4c77057..cbe811c33b68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/tests/default.nix
@@ -74,9 +74,12 @@ let
     }) (''
       source ${nmt}/bash-lib/assertions.sh
       vimrc="${writeText "init.vim" neovim-drv.initRc}"
+      luarc="${writeText "init.lua" neovim-drv.luaRcContent}"
+      luarcGeneric="$out/patched.lua"
       vimrcGeneric="$out/patched.vim"
       mkdir $out
       ${pkgs.perl}/bin/perl -pe "s|\Q$NIX_STORE\E/[a-z0-9]{32}-|$NIX_STORE/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-|g" < "$vimrc" > "$vimrcGeneric"
+      ${pkgs.perl}/bin/perl -pe "s|\Q$NIX_STORE\E/[a-z0-9]{32}-|$NIX_STORE/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-|g" < "$luarc" > "$luarcGeneric"
     '' + buildCommand);
 
 in
@@ -89,6 +92,9 @@ rec {
   nvim_with_plugins = wrapNeovim2 "-with-plugins" nvimConfNix;
 
   singlelinesconfig = runTest (wrapNeovim2 "-single-lines" nvimConfSingleLines) ''
+      assertFileContains \
+        "$luarcGeneric" \
+        "vim.cmd.source \"/nix/store/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-init.vim"
       assertFileContent \
         "$vimrcGeneric" \
         "${./init-single-lines.vim}"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
index d61a2fe5e5a8..48c9c94e8e07 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix
@@ -32,13 +32,23 @@ let
     # set to false if you want to control where to save the generated config
     # (e.g., in ~/.config/init.vim or project/.nvimrc)
     , wrapRc ? true
-    , neovimRcContent ? ""
+    # vimL code that should be sourced as part of the generated init.lua file
+    , neovimRcContent ? null
+    # lua code to put into the generated init.lua file
+    , luaRcContent ? ""
     # entry to load in packpath
     , packpathDirs
     , ...
   }:
+
   let
 
+    rcContent = ''
+      ${luaRcContent}
+    '' + lib.optionalString (!isNull neovimRcContent) ''
+      vim.cmd.source "${writeText "init.vim" neovimRcContent}"
+    '';
+
     wrapperArgsStr = if lib.isString wrapperArgs then wrapperArgs else lib.escapeShellArgs wrapperArgs;
 
     commonWrapperArgs =
@@ -66,7 +76,7 @@ let
     finalMakeWrapperArgs =
       [ "${neovim-unwrapped}/bin/nvim" "${placeholder "out"}/bin/nvim" ]
       ++ [ "--set" "NVIM_SYSTEM_RPLUGIN_MANIFEST" "${placeholder "out"}/rplugin.vim" ]
-      ++ lib.optionals wrapRc [ "--add-flags" "-u ${writeText "init.vim" neovimRcContent}" ]
+      ++ lib.optionals wrapRc [ "--add-flags" "-u ${writeText "init.lua" rcContent}" ]
       ++ commonWrapperArgs
       ;
 
@@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ let
       inherit python3Env rubyEnv;
       withRuby = rubyEnv != null;
       inherit wrapperArgs;
+      luaRcContent = rcContent;
 
       # Remove the symlinks created by symlinkJoin which we need to perform
       # extra actions upon