diff --git a/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugins.lua b/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugins.lua
index b70c142..08a8f1c 100644
--- a/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugins.lua
+++ b/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugins.lua
@@ -30,4 +30,13 @@ return require('packer').startup(function()
 			"MunifTanjim/nui.nvim",
 		}
 	}
+
+	-- Syntax highlighting
+	use {
+		'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
+		run = function()
+		local ts_update = require('nvim-treesitter.install').update({ with_sync = true })
+			ts_update()
+		end,
+	}
 end)
diff --git a/roles/neovim/files/plugin/treesitter.lua b/roles/neovim/files/plugin/treesitter.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6938673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/neovim/files/plugin/treesitter.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require'nvim-treesitter.configs'.setup {
+  -- A list of parser names, or "all" (the four listed parsers should always be installed)
+  ensure_installed = { "c", "lua", "vim", "help", "hcl" },
+
+  -- Automatically install missing parsers when entering buffer
+  -- Recommendation: set to false if you don't have `tree-sitter` CLI installed locally
+  auto_install = false,
+
+  highlight = {
+    -- `false` will disable the whole extension
+    enable = true,
+  },
+}