diff --git a/home/zsh.nix b/home/zsh.nix
index 53ec42f..2b1ec26 100644
--- a/home/zsh.nix
+++ b/home/zsh.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   programs.zsh = {
     enable = true;
     autosuggestion.enable = true;
+    syntaxHighlighting.enable = true;
 
     # This must be envExtra (rather than initExtra), because doom-emacs requires it
     # https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs/issues/687#issuecomment-409889275