diff --git a/modules/programs/zsh.nix b/modules/programs/zsh.nix
index c282c8325..851fb47ac 100644
--- a/modules/programs/zsh.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/zsh.nix
@@ -226,9 +226,20 @@ let
 
       package = mkPackageOption pkgs "zsh-syntax-highlighting" { };
 
+      highlighters = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.str;
+        default = [ ];
+        example = [ "brackets" ];
+        description = ''
+          Highlighters to enable
+          See the list of highlighters: <https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/blob/master/docs/highlighters.md>
+        '';
+      };
+
       styles = mkOption {
         type = types.attrsOf types.str;
         default = {};
+        example = { comment = "fg=black,bold"; };
         description = ''
           Custom styles for syntax highlighting.
           See each highlighter's options: <https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/blob/master/docs/highlighters.md>
@@ -624,6 +635,7 @@ in
           # https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting#faq
         ''
           source ${cfg.syntaxHighlighting.package}/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
+          ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS+=(${lib.concatStringsSep " " (map lib.escapeShellArg cfg.syntaxHighlighting.highlighters)})
           ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
               lib.mapAttrsToList
                 (name: value: "ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES+=(${lib.escapeShellArg name} ${lib.escapeShellArg value})")
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/syntax-highlighting.nix b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/syntax-highlighting.nix
index 73297c8c1..9baf1e437 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/syntax-highlighting.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/syntax-highlighting.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ with lib;
       syntaxHighlighting = {
         enable = true;
         package = pkgs.hello;
+        highlighters = [ "brackets" "pattern" "cursor" ];
         styles.comment = "fg=#6c6c6c";
       };
     };
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ with lib;
 
     nmt.script = ''
       assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc "source ${pkgs.hello}/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh"
+      assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc "ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS+=('brackets' 'pattern' 'cursor')"
       assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc "ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES+=('comment' 'fg=#6c6c6c')"
     '';
   };