diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 11f3fa10..28b146d4 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ isMaximal: {
       logFile = "/tmp/nvim.log";
     };
 
+    # vim.opts and vim.options are aliased
+    opts.expandtab = true;
+
     spellcheck = {
       enable = true;
       programmingWordlist.enable = isMaximal;
diff --git a/modules/neovim/init/basic.nix b/modules/neovim/init/basic.nix
index 2f3934ae..85c07a53 100644
--- a/modules/neovim/init/basic.nix
+++ b/modules/neovim/init/basic.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  # Alias vim.options as vim.opts.
+  # This is a convenience for people using frameworks like flake-parts or Den that use lib.types.deferredModule
+  # and users would set `vim.options` but error when Nix confuses it with Nix Module's options-definitions.
+  imports = [(lib.mkAliasOptionModule ["vim" "opts"] ["vim" "options"])];
+
   config.vim = {
     # Set options that were previously interpolated in 'luaConfigRC.basic' as vim.options (vim.o)
     # and 'vim.globals' (vim.g). Future options, if possible, should be added here instead of the