diff --git a/roles/shell/files/shell_profile.ansible b/roles/shell/files/shell_profile.ansible
index a632c79..4fb088d 100644
--- a/roles/shell/files/shell_profile.ansible
+++ b/roles/shell/files/shell_profile.ansible
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # items common to ~/.bash_profile and ~/.zprofile
 
 [[ -x /usr/bin/vim ]] && export EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim"
+[[ -x /usr/bin/nvim ]] && export EDITOR="/usr/bin/nvim"
 export SUDO_EDITOR="$EDITOR"
 
 export TERMINAL="terminator"