diff --git a/community/neovim/PKGBUILD b/community/neovim/PKGBUILD
index 250f6f41f..623976992 100644
--- a/community/neovim/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/neovim/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 
 pkgname=neovim
 pkgver=0.3.7
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc='Fork of Vim aiming to improve user experience, plugins, and GUIs'
 arch=('x86_64')
 url='https://neovim.io'
+backup=('etc/xdg/nvim/sysinit.vim')
 license=('custom:neovim')
 depends=('jemalloc' 'libtermkey' 'libuv' 'msgpack-c' 'unibilium' 'libvterm' 'luajit')
 makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'lua51-mpack' 'lua51-lpeg' 'gperf')
@@ -45,8 +46,12 @@ package() {
   install -Dm644 runtime/nvim.png "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/nvim.png"
 
   # Make Arch vim packages work
+  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}"/etc/xdg/nvim
+  echo "\" This line makes pacman-installed global Arch Linux vim packages work." > "${pkgdir}"/etc/xdg/nvim/sysinit.vim
+  echo "source /usr/share/nvim/archlinux.vim" >> "${pkgdir}"/etc/xdg/nvim/sysinit.vim
+
   mkdir -p "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/vim
-  echo "set runtimepath+=/usr/share/vim/vimfiles" > "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/nvim/sysinit.vim
+  echo "set runtimepath+=/usr/share/vim/vimfiles" > "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/nvim/archlinux.vim
 }
 
 # vim:set sw=2 sts=2 et: