diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index b14f7cc2..d241ccf4 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ hook global WinCreate .* %{
 	ui-scrolloff-toggle
 	add-highlighter window/number-lines number-lines -hlcursor -relative -separator "  "
 	add-highlighter window/show-whitespaces show-whitespaces -only-trailing # -lf "" -tab "" -only-trailing
+	add-highlighter window/show-matching show-matching
 }
 
 map -docstring "quit" global user q ": q<ret>"