diff --git a/roles/config/files/.config/doom/config.el b/roles/config/files/.config/doom/config.el
index 3f041057..69d7ae6f 100644
--- a/roles/config/files/.config/doom/config.el
+++ b/roles/config/files/.config/doom/config.el
@@ -137,3 +137,18 @@
 ;; set yaml indentation
 (setq-hook! 'yaml-mode-hook yaml-indent 2)
 (setq-hook! 'yaml-mode-hook yaml-indent-offset 2)
+
+;; set mode for systemd files
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.service\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.timer\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.target\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.mount\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.automount\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.slice\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.socket\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.path\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.netdev\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.network\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.link\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.pod\\'" . conf-unix-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.container\\'" . conf-unix-mode))