diff --git a/i3-sensible-editor b/i3-sensible-editor
index 861615f3..b93893a1 100755
--- a/i3-sensible-editor
+++ b/i3-sensible-editor
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # mechanism to find the preferred editor
 
 # Hopefully one of these is installed (no flamewars about preference please!):
-for editor in "$VISUAL" "$EDITOR" nano vim vi emacs pico qe mg jed gedit mc-edit; do
+for editor in "$VISUAL" "$EDITOR" nano nvim vim vi emacs pico qe mg jed gedit mc-edit; do
     if command -v "$editor" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         exec "$editor" "$@"
     fi