diff --git a/plugins/by-name/rest/default.nix b/plugins/by-name/rest/default.nix
index 8d42369f..65fcaeaf 100644
--- a/plugins/by-name/rest/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/by-name/rest/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  config,
   lib,
   helpers,
   pkgs,
@@ -401,21 +402,33 @@ helpers.neovim-plugin.mkNeovimPlugin {
   };
 
   extraOptions = {
+    curlPackage = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "curl" {
+      nullable = true;
+    };
+
     enableHttpFiletypeAssociation = lib.mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
       default = true;
       description = ''
-        Sets up the filetype association of `.http` files to trigger treesitter support.
+        Sets up the filetype association of `.http` files to trigger treesitter support to enable `rest` functionality.
       '';
     };
   };
 
   extraConfig = cfg: {
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion = config.plugins.treesitter.enable;
+        message = ''
+          Nixvim (plugins.rest): Requires the `http` parser from `plugins.treesitter`, please set `plugins.treesitter.enable`.
+        '';
+      }
+    ];
+
+    extraPackages = [ cfg.curlPackage ];
 
     filetype = lib.mkIf cfg.enableHttpFiletypeAssociation {
-      extension = {
-        "http" = "http";
-      };
+      extension.http = "http";
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/rest/default.nix b/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/rest/default.nix
index 3cc3b1c2..c04acadb 100644
--- a/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/rest/default.nix
+++ b/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/rest/default.nix
@@ -1,106 +1,102 @@
 {
   empty = {
-    # As of 2024-05-07, the lua dependencies of luaPackage.rest-nvim are not correctly propagated to
-    # the vim plugin.
-    # TODO: re-enable this test when this issue will have been fixed
-    test.runNvim = false;
-
-    plugins.rest.enable = true;
+    plugins = {
+      rest.enable = true;
+      treesitter.enable = true;
+    };
   };
 
   defaults = {
-    # As of 2024-05-07, the lua dependencies of luaPackage.rest-nvim are not correctly propagated to
-    # the vim plugin.
-    # TODO: re-enable this test when this issue will have been fixed
-    test.runNvim = false;
+    plugins = {
+      treesitter.enable = true;
+      rest = {
+        enable = true;
 
-    plugins.rest = {
-      enable = true;
-
-      settings = {
-        client = "curl";
-        env_file = ".env";
-        env_pattern = "\\.env$";
-        env_edit_command = "tabedit";
-        encode_url = true;
-        skip_ssl_verification = false;
-        custom_dynamic_variables = { };
-        logs = {
-          level = "info";
-          save = true;
-        };
-        result = {
-          split = {
-            horizontal = false;
-            in_place = false;
-            stay_in_current_window_after_split = true;
+        settings = {
+          client = "curl";
+          env_file = ".env";
+          env_pattern = "\\.env$";
+          env_edit_command = "tabedit";
+          encode_url = true;
+          skip_ssl_verification = false;
+          custom_dynamic_variables = { };
+          logs = {
+            level = "info";
+            save = true;
           };
-          behavior = {
-            show_info = {
-              url = true;
-              headers = true;
-              http_info = true;
-              curl_command = true;
+          result = {
+            split = {
+              horizontal = false;
+              in_place = false;
+              stay_in_current_window_after_split = true;
             };
-            decode_url = true;
-            statistics = {
-              enable = true;
-              stats = [
-                {
-                  __unkeyed = "total_time";
-                  title = "Time taken:";
-                }
-                {
-                  __unkeyed = "size_download_t";
-                  title = "Download size:";
-                }
-              ];
-            };
-            formatters = {
-              json = "jq";
-              html.__raw = ''
-                function(body)
-                  if vim.fn.executable("tidy") == 0 then
-                    return body, { found = false, name = "tidy" }
+            behavior = {
+              show_info = {
+                url = true;
+                headers = true;
+                http_info = true;
+                curl_command = true;
+              };
+              decode_url = true;
+              statistics = {
+                enable = true;
+                stats = [
+                  {
+                    __unkeyed = "total_time";
+                    title = "Time taken:";
+                  }
+                  {
+                    __unkeyed = "size_download_t";
+                    title = "Download size:";
+                  }
+                ];
+              };
+              formatters = {
+                json = "jq";
+                html.__raw = ''
+                  function(body)
+                    if vim.fn.executable("tidy") == 0 then
+                      return body, { found = false, name = "tidy" }
+                    end
+                    local fmt_body = vim.fn.system({
+                      "tidy",
+                      "-i",
+                      "-q",
+                      "--tidy-mark",      "no",
+                      "--show-body-only", "auto",
+                      "--show-errors",    "0",
+                      "--show-warnings",  "0",
+                      "-",
+                    }, body):gsub("\n$", "")
+
+                    return fmt_body, { found = true, name = "tidy" }
                   end
-                  local fmt_body = vim.fn.system({
-                    "tidy",
-                    "-i",
-                    "-q",
-                    "--tidy-mark",      "no",
-                    "--show-body-only", "auto",
-                    "--show-errors",    "0",
-                    "--show-warnings",  "0",
-                    "-",
-                  }, body):gsub("\n$", "")
-
-                  return fmt_body, { found = true, name = "tidy" }
-                end
-              '';
+                '';
+              };
+            };
+            keybinds = {
+              buffer_local = false;
+              prev = "H";
+              next = "L";
             };
           };
-          keybinds = {
-            buffer_local = false;
-            prev = "H";
-            next = "L";
+          highlight = {
+            enable = true;
+            timeout = 750;
           };
+          keybinds = [
+            [
+              "<localleader>rr"
+              "<cmd>Rest run<cr>"
+              "Run request under the cursor"
+            ]
+            [
+              "<localleader>rl"
+              "<cmd>Rest run last<cr>"
+              "Re-run latest request"
+            ]
+          ];
         };
-        highlight = {
-          enable = true;
-          timeout = 750;
-        };
-        keybinds = [
-          [
-            "<localleader>rr"
-            "<cmd>Rest run<cr>"
-            "Run request under the cursor"
-          ]
-          [
-            "<localleader>rl"
-            "<cmd>Rest run last<cr>"
-            "Re-run latest request"
-          ]
-        ];
       };
     };
   };