diff --git a/modules/lang/ess/config.el b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
index 47a612082..71224b6ce 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ess/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   (unless (featurep! :lang julia)
     (push (cons "\\.jl\\'" 'ess-julia-mode) auto-mode-alist))
   :config
+  (add-hook 'ess-mode-hook #'doom|enable-line-numbers)
   (setq ess-first-continued-statement-offset 2
         ess-continued-statement-offset 0
         ess-expression-offset 2