diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
index 314e265f5..0dbd3ee12 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
@@ -286,12 +286,14 @@ function __fish_config_interactive -d "Initializations that should be performed
 		end
 	end
 
-	if begin set -q KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME # KDE's konsole
-		or string match -q -- "*:*" $ITERM_SESSION_ID # Supporting versions of iTerm2 will include a colon here
-		or string match -q -- "st-*" $TERM # suckless' st
-		or test "$VTE_VERSION" -ge 3600 # Should be all gtk3-vte-based terms after version 3.6.0.0
-		or test "$COLORTERM" = truecolor -o "$COLORTERM" = 24bit # slang expects this
-	   end
-	   set -g fish_term24bit 1
+	if not set -q NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS # Neovim will swallow the 24bit sequences, rendering text white
+		and begin
+			set -q KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME # KDE's konsole
+			or string match -q -- "*:*" $ITERM_SESSION_ID # Supporting versions of iTerm2 will include a colon here
+			or string match -q -- "st-*" $TERM # suckless' st
+			or test "$VTE_VERSION" -ge 3600 # Should be all gtk3-vte-based terms after version 3.6.0.0
+			or test "$COLORTERM" = truecolor -o "$COLORTERM" = 24bit # slang expects this
+		end
+		set -g fish_term24bit 1
 	end
 end