diff --git a/plugins/by-name/dap-lldb/default.nix b/plugins/by-name/dap-lldb/default.nix
index cd4f98d1..2695a384 100644
--- a/plugins/by-name/dap-lldb/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/by-name/dap-lldb/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, ... }:
+{ config, lib, ... }:
 lib.nixvim.plugins.mkNeovimPlugin {
   name = "dap-lldb";
   package = "nvim-dap-lldb";
@@ -166,4 +166,13 @@ lib.nixvim.plugins.mkNeovimPlugin {
           Per programming language configuration.
         '';
   };
+
+  extraConfig = {
+    assertions = lib.nixvim.mkAssertions "plugins.dap-lldb" {
+      assertion = config.plugins.dap.enable;
+      message = ''
+        You have to enable `plugins.dap` to use `plugins.dap-lldb`.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/dap-lldb/default.nix b/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/dap-lldb/default.nix
index 177ad3c4..8dc25fe9 100644
--- a/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/dap-lldb/default.nix
+++ b/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/dap-lldb/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
   empty = {
+    plugins.dap.enable = true;
     plugins.dap-lldb.enable = true;
   };
 
   defaults = {
+    plugins.dap.enable = true;
     plugins.dap-lldb = {
       enable = true;