diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/lsp.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/lsp.lua
index 0670395..d46c0e0 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/lsp.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/lsp.lua
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ lsp.setup({
 })
 
 local lspconfig = require("lspconfig")
+lspconfig.nushell.setup({})
 
 local python_path
 -- ensure python virtualenv is determined automatically on lsp start
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
index 5db83dc..73953db 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ return {
 				enable = true,
 				enable_autocmd = false, -- since we run it as a hook from the mini.comment plugin
 			})
+
+			-- treesitter parser for nushell. To fully get e.g. syntax highlight
+			-- working you need a highlight file too. For now I installed manually, see:
+			-- https://github.com/nushell/tree-sitter-nu/blob/main/installation/neovim.md
+			local parser_config = require("nvim-treesitter.parsers").get_parser_configs()
+			parser_config.nu = {
+				install_info = {
+					url = "https://github.com/nushell/tree-sitter-nu",
+					files = { "src/parser.c" },
+					branch = "main",
+				},
+				filetype = "nu",
+			}
+
 		end,
 		event = "BufReadPost",
 		cmd = {