diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/default.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/default.nix
index 262cdbb..d021a49 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/default.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   imports = [
-    ./noice
-    ./modes
-    ./notifications
-    ./smartcolumn
+    ./borders
+    ./breadcrumbs
     ./colorizer
     ./illuminate
-    ./breadcrumbs
-    ./borders
+    ./modes
+    ./noice
+    ./notifications
+    ./smartcolumn
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/config.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/config.nix
index 6d08c76..f419afa 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/config.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 }: let
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
   inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
 
   cfg = config.vim.ui.illuminate;
 in {
@@ -12,14 +13,7 @@ in {
     vim.startPlugins = ["vim-illuminate"];
 
     vim.luaConfigRC.vim-illuminate = entryAnywhere ''
-        require('illuminate').configure({
-          filetypes_denylist = {
-          'dirvish',
-          'fugitive',
-          'NvimTree',
-          'TelescopePrompt',
-        },
-      })
+      require('illuminate').configure({${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts}})
     '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
index c9c5d2f..b5324fd 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,168 @@
 {lib, ...}: let
-  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption;
+  inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption literalExpression;
+  inherit (lib.generators) mkLuaInline;
+  inherit (lib.types) int listOf str bool;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.types) mkPluginSetupOption luaInline;
 in {
   options.vim.ui.illuminate = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "automatically highlight other uses of the word under the cursor [vim-illuminate]";
+    enable = mkEnableOption ''
+      automatic highlighting ofother uses of the word under the cursor [vim-illuminate]
+    '';
+
+    setupOpts = mkPluginSetupOption "illuminate" {
+      providers = mkOption {
+        type = luaInline;
+        default = mkLuaInline ''{"lsp", "treesitter", "regex"}'';
+        example = ''lib.generators.mkLuaInline "providers = {\"lsp\"}"'';
+        description = ''
+          Provider used to get references in the buffer, ordered by priority
+
+          ::: {.warning}
+          This option takes verbatim Lua code, which **must** be a table of
+          providers in the order of desired priority. If using a function, you
+          must make sure that the function returns a table of strings.
+          :::
+        '';
+      };
+
+      delay = mkOption {
+        type = int;
+        default = 120;
+        example = 100;
+        description = "Delay, in milliseconds";
+      };
+
+      filetype_overrides = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = [];
+        description = ''
+          Filetype specific overrides.
+
+          The keys are strings to represent the filetype while the values are
+          tables that supports the same keys passed to .configure except for
+          `filetypes_denylist` and `filetypes`.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      filetype_denylist = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = ["dirbuf" "dirvish" "fugitive" "NvimTree" "TelescopePrompt"];
+        example = literalExpression ''mkForce [ ]'';
+        description = ''
+          Filetypes to not illuminate, this overrides filetypes_allowlist
+        '';
+      };
+
+      files_allowlist = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = [];
+        description = ''
+          Filetypes to illuminate, this is overridden by filetypes_denylist
+
+          ::: {.note}
+          You must set `filetype_denylist` to an empty list with `mkForce [ ]`
+          to override the defaults to allow filetypes_allowlist to take effect
+          :::
+        '';
+      };
+
+      modes_denylist = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = [];
+        example = "no -- operator pending";
+        description = ''
+          Modes to not illuminate, this overrides modes_allowlist
+
+          See `:help mode()` for possible values.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      modes_allowlist = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = [];
+        example = "no -- operator pending";
+        description = ''
+          Modes to illuminate, this is overridden by modes_denylist
+          See `:help mode()` for possible values.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      providers_regex_syntax_denylist = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = [];
+        description = ''
+          Syntax to illuminate, this overrides providers_regex_syntax_allowlist
+
+          ::: {.note}
+          Only applies to the 'regex' provider Use
+          `:echom synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line('.'), col('.'), 1)), 'name')`
+          :::
+        '';
+      };
+
+      providers_regex_syntax_allowlist = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = [];
+        description = ''
+          Syntax to not illuminate, this overrides providers_regex_syntax_denylist
+          ::: {.note}
+          Only applies to the 'regex' provider Use
+          `:echom synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line('.'), col('.'), 1)), 'name')`
+          :::
+        '';
+      };
+
+      under_cursor = mkOption {
+        type = bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = "Whether or not to illuminate under the cursor";
+      };
+
+      large_file_cutoff = mkOption {
+        type = luaInline;
+        default = mkLuaInline "nil";
+        description = ''
+          Number of lines at which to use large_file_config
+          The `under_cursor` option is disabled when this cutoff is hit
+        '';
+      };
+
+      large_file_overrides = mkOption {
+        type = luaInline;
+        default = mkLuaInline "nil";
+        example = literalExpression ''lib.generators.mkLuaInline "{providers = {\"lsp\"}, delay = 130 }"'';
+        description = ''
+          Config to use for large files (based on large_file_cutoff).
+
+          Supports the same keys passed to .configure
+          If nil, vim-illuminate will be disabled for large files.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      min_count_to_highlight = mkOption {
+        type = int;
+        default = 1;
+        description = ''
+          Minimum number of matches required to perform highlighting
+        '';
+      };
+
+      should_enable = mkOption {
+        type = luaInline;
+        default = mkLuaInline "function(bufnr) return true end";
+        description = ''
+          Acallback that overrides all other settings to
+          enable/disable illumination.
+
+          This will be called a lot so avoid doing anything expensive in it.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      case_insensitive_regex = mkOption {
+        type = bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Whether to enable regex case sensitivity";
+      };
+    };
   };
 }