diff --git a/wrappers/modules/output.nix b/wrappers/modules/output.nix
index 614053e7..e81a64e1 100644
--- a/wrappers/modules/output.nix
+++ b/wrappers/modules/output.nix
@@ -114,11 +114,14 @@ with lib;
       );
 
       customRC =
-        ''
+        let
+          hasContent = str: (builtins.match "[[:space:]]*" str) == null;
+        in
+        (optionalString (hasContent neovimConfig.neovimRcContent) ''
           vim.cmd([[
             ${neovimConfig.neovimRcContent}
           ]])
-        ''
+        '')
         + config.content;
 
       init = helpers.writeLua "init.lua" customRC;