diff --git a/development/tests/test-global-shorthand.lua b/development/tests/test-global-shorthand.lua
index 240eb08..65bd54b 100644
--- a/development/tests/test-global-shorthand.lua
+++ b/development/tests/test-global-shorthand.lua
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ vim.g.nuwiki_wikis = nil
 vim.g.vimwiki_list = nil
 vim.g.vimwiki_toc_header_level = nil
 
+-- ----- setup({ wikis }) bridges the Lua config to VimL (g:nuwiki_wikis) -----
+-- So buffer-side VimL helpers + the vimwiki-sync compat shim see the same
+-- wikis as the LSP, even though setup() config lives only in Lua.
+require('nuwiki').setup({ wikis = { { root = '/tmp/a', name = 'A' }, { root = '/tmp/b' } } })
+check('setup() bridges to g:nuwiki_wikis',
+  vim.g.nuwiki_wikis ~= nil and #vim.g.nuwiki_wikis == 2)
+check('bridged wiki root visible to VimL',
+  vim.g.nuwiki_wikis and vim.g.nuwiki_wikis[1].root == '/tmp/a')
+vim.g.nuwiki_wikis = nil
+
 local f = assert(io.open(os.getenv('NUWIKI_GS_OUT'), 'w'))
 f:write(table.concat(out, '\n') .. '\n')
 f:close()
diff --git a/lua/nuwiki/init.lua b/lua/nuwiki/init.lua
index 9443799..015d1e9 100644
--- a/lua/nuwiki/init.lua
+++ b/lua/nuwiki/init.lua
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ end
 function M.setup(opts)
   config.apply(opts or {})
 
+  -- Bridge a Lua-only `setup({ wikis = … })` config to VimL. The buffer-side
+  -- VimL helpers (autoload/nuwiki/config.vim) and the vimwiki compat shim
+  -- (autoload/vimwiki/vars.vim — used by third-party plugins such as
+  -- vimwiki-sync) read `g:nuwiki_wikis`, which can't see a config that only
+  -- lives in Lua. Publishing the resolved list keeps both worlds in sync. (A
+  -- `g:nuwiki_wikis` / `g:vimwiki_list` config is already VimL-visible, so this
+  -- only fires for the pure-`setup()` case.)
+  if type(config.options.wikis) == 'table' and #config.options.wikis > 0 then
+    vim.g.nuwiki_wikis = config.wikis()
+  end
+
   -- Neovim 0.7+ resolves filetypes via `vim.filetype.match` before any
   -- `ftdetect/*.vim` autocmd fires, and its bundled rule for `*.wiki`
   -- returns `mediawiki`. Register an authoritative rule here so this