diff --git a/projects/gnu.org/emacs/package.yml b/projects/gnu.org/emacs/package.yml
index 7a93d74434..6a3feecd18 100644
--- a/projects/gnu.org/emacs/package.yml
+++ b/projects/gnu.org/emacs/package.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ build:
       - --without-imagemagick
       - --without-selinux
       - --with-x-toolkit=no
+      - --with-native-compilation # faster elisp execution
+      - --with-tree-sitter # better language parsing/highlighting support
 provides:
   - bin/emacs