1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/edit.cc b/src/nix/edit.cc
index 5cf9c7200d03..fd07913bcfa2 100644
--- a/src/nix/edit.cc
+++ b/src/nix/edit.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "shared.hh"
 #include "eval.hh"
 #include "attr-path.hh"
+#include "progress-bar.hh"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ struct CmdEdit : InstallablesCommand
 
             args.push_back(filename);
 
+            stopProgressBar();
+
             execvp(editor.c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(args).data());
 
             throw SysError("cannot run editor '%s'", editor);