diff --git a/core/core-lib.el b/core/core-lib.el
index 2325b4f57..5bbb7e5f3 100644
--- a/core/core-lib.el
+++ b/core/core-lib.el
@@ -177,6 +177,17 @@ Accepts the same arguments as `message'."
                  format-string)
         ,@args))))
 
+(defalias 'doom-partial #'apply-partially)
+
+(defun doom-rpartial (fn &rest args)
+  "Return a function that is a partial application of FUN to right-hand ARGS.
+
+ARGS is a list of the last N arguments to pass to FUN. The result is a new
+function which does the same as FUN, except that the last N arguments are fixed
+at the values with which this function was called."
+  (lambda (&rest pre-args)
+    (apply fn (append pre-args args))))
+
 (cl-defun doom-files-in
     (paths &rest rest
            &key