diff --git a/nvim/default.nix b/nvim/default.nix
index d6d4a94..83dd87c 100644
--- a/nvim/default.nix
+++ b/nvim/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,21 @@
     subPackages = [ "cmd/goimports" ];
   };
 
+  misspell = pkgs.buildGoPackage rec {
+    pname = "misspell";
+    version = "0.3.4";
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/client9/misspell";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "client9";
+      repo = "misspell";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "1vwf33wsc4la25zk9nylpbp9px3svlmldkm0bha4hp56jws4q9cs";
+    };
+
+    goDeps = ./misspellDeps.nix;
+  };
+
   # the gocode-gomod which comes with nixpkgs places the binary at
   # gocode-gomod, we gotta rename it
   gocode = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -45,6 +60,7 @@
       pkgs.gopls
       gocode
       goimports
+      misspell
     ];
   };
 
diff --git a/nvim/misspellDeps.nix b/nvim/misspellDeps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b7275c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim/misspellDeps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# file generated from Gopkg.lock using dep2nix (https://github.com/nixcloud/dep2nix)
+[
+  {
+    goPackagePath  = "github.com/gobwas/glob";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/gobwas/glob";
+      rev =  "5ccd90ef52e1e632236f7326478d4faa74f99438";
+      sha256 = "0jxk1x806zn5x86342s72dq2qy64ksb3zrvrlgir2avjhwb18n6z";
+    };
+  }
+]
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