diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index ae2dfbf23..fcbca697d 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ list.elixir = {
   install_info = {
     url = "https://github.com/ananthakumaran/tree-sitter-elixir",
     files =  { "src/parser.c", "src/scanner.cc" },
+    requires_generate_from_grammar  = true,
   },
   maintainers = { '@nifoc' },
 }