diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el b/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
index a8e484aed..33cd6cd2e 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
   "Display the buffer name.
 
 Buffers that are considered unreal (see `doom-real-buffer-p') are dimmed with
-`font-lock-comment-face'."
+`+ivy-buffer-unreal-face'."
   (if (doom-real-buffer-p (get-buffer candidate))
       candidate
-    (propertize candidate 'face 'font-lock-comment-face)))
+    (propertize candidate 'face +ivy-buffer-unreal-face)))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +ivy-rich-buffer-icon (candidate)
diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
index 0afe667d9..ded6ab898 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ silently ignored.
 
 If you want to already use git-grep or grep, set this to nil.")
 
+(defvar +ivy-buffer-unreal-face 'font-lock-comment-face
+  "The face for unreal buffers in `ivy-switch-to-buffer'.")
+
 (defmacro +ivy-do-action! (action)
   "Returns an interactive lambda that sets the current ivy action and
 immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."