diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
index 3b37c805cdd7..83c8533f5cdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/configurable.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ++ stdenv.lib.optionals luaSupport [
     "--with-lua-prefix=${lua}"
     "--enable-luainterp"
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional lua.pkgs.isLuaJIT [
+    "--with-luajit"
   ]
   ++ stdenv.lib.optionals pythonSupport [
     "--enable-python${if isPython3 then "3" else ""}interp=yes"