diff --git a/users/sterni/emacs/default.nix b/users/sterni/emacs/default.nix
index 615f66133..5da28ccfd 100644
--- a/users/sterni/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/users/sterni/emacs/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ let
     epkgs.melpaPackages.nix-mode
     epkgs.melpaPackages.sly
     epkgs.melpaPackages.yaml-mode
+    epkgs.rust-mode
     epkgs.urweb-mode
     # misc
     epkgs.melpaPackages.hl-todo
diff --git a/users/sterni/emacs/init.el b/users/sterni/emacs/init.el
index 9213ab5b8..13a2caa90 100644
--- a/users/sterni/emacs/init.el
+++ b/users/sterni/emacs/init.el
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
   :custom bqn-mode-map-prefix "C-s-") ; probably rather using C-\
 (use-package yaml-mode)
 (use-package dockerfile-mode)
+(use-package rust-mode)
 (use-package sly
   :after evil
   :hook ((sly-mrepl-mode . (lambda () (rainbow-delimiters-mode-enable))))