diff --git a/plugins/by-name/spider/default.nix b/plugins/by-name/spider/default.nix
index a2e1a43d..9f5c6859 100644
--- a/plugins/by-name/spider/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/by-name/spider/default.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ in
     in
     mkIf cfg.enable {
       extraPlugins = [ cfg.package ];
+      extraLuaPackages = luaPkgs: [ luaPkgs.luautf8 ];
 
       keymaps = mappings;