diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/config.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/config.nix
index ffba85fe..37ad4cfa 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/config.nix
@@ -4,22 +4,20 @@
   ...
 }: let
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
   inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
 
   cfg = config.vim.ui.illuminate;
 in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    vim.startPlugins = ["vim-illuminate"];
+    vim = {
+      startPlugins = ["vim-illuminate"];
 
-    vim.pluginRC.vim-illuminate = entryAnywhere ''
-        require('illuminate').configure({
-          filetypes_denylist = {
-          'dirvish',
-          'fugitive',
-          'NvimTree',
-          'TelescopePrompt',
-        },
-      })
-    '';
+      # vim-illuminate does not have a setup function. It is instead called 'configure'
+      # and does what you expect from a setup function. Wild.
+      pluginRC.vim-illuminate = entryAnywhere ''
+        require('illuminate').configure(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
+      '';
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
index c9c5d2f8..b910101f 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 {lib, ...}: let
-  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption;
+  inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption;
+  inherit (lib.types) listOf str;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.types) mkPluginSetupOption;
 in {
   options.vim.ui.illuminate = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "automatically highlight other uses of the word under the cursor [vim-illuminate]";
+    enable = mkEnableOption ''
+      automatically highlight other uses of the word under the cursor [vim-illuminate]
+    '';
+
+    setupOpts = mkPluginSetupOption "vim-illuminate" {
+      filetypes_denylist = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = ["dirvish" "fugitive" "NvimTree" "TelescopePrompt"];
+        description = "Filetypes to not illuminate, this overrides `filetypes_allowlist`";
+      };
+    };
   };
 }