diff --git a/roles/zsh/files/.zshenv b/roles/zsh/files/.zshenv
index 803725dc..bf0a74c5 100644
--- a/roles/zsh/files/.zshenv
+++ b/roles/zsh/files/.zshenv
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export EDITOR=nvim
 export ZDOTDIR="$HOME/.config/zsh"
 
 PROMPT_EOL_MARK=''