diff --git a/extra.nix b/extra.nix
index 9afba32..01d4282 100644
--- a/extra.nix
+++ b/extra.nix
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ inputs: let
         noice.enable = true;
         colorizer.enable = true;
         modes-nvim.enable = true;
+        illuminate.enable = true;
         smartcolumn = {
           enable = true;
           columnAt.languages = {
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 08d8c5b..5d222ac 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1372,6 +1372,7 @@
         "toggleterm-nvim": "toggleterm-nvim",
         "tokyonight": "tokyonight",
         "trouble": "trouble",
+        "vim-illuminate": "vim-illuminate",
         "vim-markdown": "vim-markdown",
         "vim-repeat": "vim-repeat",
         "vim-startify": "vim-startify",
@@ -1668,6 +1669,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "vim-illuminate": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1679187974,
+        "narHash": "sha256-8dL3cBjQ2iY4D4gTxKVVmOGhxcSSRuDBvmEwwFIbWsQ=",
+        "owner": "RRethy",
+        "repo": "vim-illuminate",
+        "rev": "a2907275a6899c570d16e95b9db5fd921c167502",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "RRethy",
+        "repo": "vim-illuminate",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "vim-markdown": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 62053c6..00631bd 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -457,6 +457,11 @@
       flake = false;
     };
 
+    vim-illuminate = {
+      url = "github:RRethy/vim-illuminate";
+      flake = false;
+    };
+
     # Assistant
     copilot-lua = {
       url = "github:zbirenbaum/copilot.lua";
diff --git a/lib/types/plugins.nix b/lib/types/plugins.nix
index c8fc593..6267dc7 100644
--- a/lib/types/plugins.nix
+++ b/lib/types/plugins.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ with lib; let
     "elixir-ls"
     "elixir-tools"
     "nvim-colorizer-lua"
+    "vim-illuminate"
   ];
   # You can either use the name of the plugin or a package.
   pluginsType = with types;
diff --git a/modules/ui/default.nix b/modules/ui/default.nix
index 286b3ce..980a04a 100644
--- a/modules/ui/default.nix
+++ b/modules/ui/default.nix
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ _: {
     ./notifications
     ./smartcolumn
     ./colorizer
+    ./illuminate
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/ui/illuminate/config.nix b/modules/ui/illuminate/config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0795d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ui/illuminate/config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib;
+with builtins; let
+  cfg = config.vim.ui.illuminate;
+in {
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    vim.startPlugins = ["vim-illuminate"];
+
+    vim.luaConfigRC.vim-illuminate =
+      nvim.dag.entryAnywhere ''
+      '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/ui/illuminate/default.nix b/modules/ui/illuminate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..366bb7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ui/illuminate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+_: {
+  imports = [
+    ./config.nix
+    ./illuminate.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix b/modules/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..952e28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib;
+with builtins; {
+  options.vim.ui.illuminate = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "vim-illuminate: automatically highlight other uses of the word under the cursor";
+  };
+}