diff --git a/plugins/nvm/_nvm b/plugins/nvm/_nvm
index a95c9e375..5707c7594 100644
--- a/plugins/nvm/_nvm
+++ b/plugins/nvm/_nvm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #compdef nvm
 #autoload
 
-[[ -s ~/.nvm/nvm.sh ]] || return 0
+[[ -s $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh ]] || return 0
 
 local -a _1st_arguments
 _1st_arguments=(
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ _arguments -C '*:: :->subcmds' && return 0
 if (( CURRENT == 1 )); then
   _describe -t commands "nvm subcommand" _1st_arguments
   return
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/plugins/nvm/nvm.plugin.zsh b/plugins/nvm/nvm.plugin.zsh
index 9709719fe..0763fae26 100644
--- a/plugins/nvm/nvm.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/nvm/nvm.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
-# The addition 'nvm install' attempts in ~/.profile
+_homebrew-installed() {
+  type brew &> /dev/null
+}
 
-[[ -s ~/.nvm/nvm.sh ]] && . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
+_nvm-from-homebrew-installed() {
+  brew --prefix nvm &> /dev/null
+}
+
+FOUND_NVM=0
+nvmdirs=("$HOME/.nvm" "/usr/local/nvm" "/opt/nvm" "/usr/local/opt/nvm")
+if _homebrew-installed && _nvm-from-homebrew-installed ; then
+    nvmdirs=($(brew --prefix nvm) "${rbenvdirs[@]}")
+fi
+
+for nvmdir in "${nvmdirs[@]}" ; do
+  if [ -s $nvmdir/nvm.sh -a $FOUND_NVM -eq 0 ]; then
+    FOUND_NVM=1
+    if [[ $NVM_DIR = '' ]]; then
+      NVM_DIR=$nvmdir
+    fi
+    export NVM_DIR
+    source $nvmdir/nvm.sh
+  fi
+done
+unset nvmdir