diff --git a/plugins/nvim-lsp/basic-servers.nix b/plugins/nvim-lsp/basic-servers.nix
index fbb33878..d6109519 100644
--- a/plugins/nvim-lsp/basic-servers.nix
+++ b/plugins/nvim-lsp/basic-servers.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ let
     {
       name = "elixirls";
       description = "Enable elixirls";
-      packages = [ pkgs.elixir_ls ];
+      packages = [ ];
+      cmd = "${pkgs.elixir_ls}/bin/elixir-ls";
     }
     {
       name = "gdscript";
diff --git a/plugins/nvim-lsp/helpers.nix b/plugins/nvim-lsp/helpers.nix
index 9b81cb8d..b2d9a395 100644
--- a/plugins/nvim-lsp/helpers.nix
+++ b/plugins/nvim-lsp/helpers.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     , description ? "Enable ${name}."
     , serverName ? name
     , packages ? [ pkgs.${name} ]
+    , cmd ? null
     , ...
     }:
     # returns a module
@@ -24,7 +25,12 @@
         config = mkIf cfg.enable {
           extraPackages = packages;
 
-          plugins.lsp.enabledServers = [ serverName ];
+          plugins.lsp.enabledServers = [{
+            name = serverName;
+            extraOptions = {
+              inherit cmd;
+            };
+          }];
         };
       };
 }
diff --git a/tests/flake.lock b/tests/flake.lock
index a6a200d3..4caea77c 100644
--- a/tests/flake.lock
+++ b/tests/flake.lock
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 0,
-        "narHash": "sha256-51K3gjUQAgBuXJMUCxloBqJeRiB5nwix0kMSbffDxak=",
-        "path": "/nix/store/y78h7ccdy3jdy4mwyw8dyg3prhwqx61f-source",
+        "narHash": "sha256-NLfZri8QaYVDjLHfDAqP+DHyIRsb+bXn+2dJtoFo1LM=",
+        "path": "/nix/store/j8vf0lmn4w9w18jva2dn9kfk2aw1niff-source",
         "type": "path"
       },
       "original": {
-        "path": "/nix/store/y78h7ccdy3jdy4mwyw8dyg3prhwqx61f-source",
+        "path": "/nix/store/j8vf0lmn4w9w18jva2dn9kfk2aw1niff-source",
         "type": "path"
       }
     },
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 0,
-        "narHash": "sha256-51K3gjUQAgBuXJMUCxloBqJeRiB5nwix0kMSbffDxak=",
-        "path": "/nix/store/y78h7ccdy3jdy4mwyw8dyg3prhwqx61f-source",
+        "narHash": "sha256-NLfZri8QaYVDjLHfDAqP+DHyIRsb+bXn+2dJtoFo1LM=",
+        "path": "/nix/store/j8vf0lmn4w9w18jva2dn9kfk2aw1niff-source",
         "type": "path"
       },
       "original": {
-        "path": "/nix/store/y78h7ccdy3jdy4mwyw8dyg3prhwqx61f-source",
+        "path": "/nix/store/j8vf0lmn4w9w18jva2dn9kfk2aw1niff-source",
         "type": "path"
       }
     },
diff --git a/tests/flake.nix b/tests/flake.nix
index 7c6c143b..1b083b37 100644
--- a/tests/flake.nix
+++ b/tests/flake.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
                 nixGrammars = false;
               };
             };
+            elixir-ls = build {
+              plugins.lsp.enable = true;
+              plugins.lsp.servers.elixirls.enable = true;
+            };
 
             lsp-lines = build-stable {
               plugins.lsp-lines.enable = true;