diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el b/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
index a612a426d..0468be74f 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
 ;; Library
 ;;
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +ivy-recentf-transformer (str)
+  "Dim recentf entries that are not in the current project of the buffer you
+started `counsel-recentf' from. Also uses `abbreviate-file-name'."
+  (let ((str (abbreviate-file-name str)))
+    (if (file-in-directory-p str (doom-project-root))
+        str
+      (propertize str 'face 'ivy-virtual))))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +ivy-buffer-transformer (str)
   "Dim special buffers, buffers whose file aren't in the current buffer, and
diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
index a9bc09ee9..c6b99de8e 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."
 (def-package! counsel
   :requires ivy
   :config
-  (ivy-set-display-transformer #'counsel-recentf #'abbreviate-file-name)
+  ;; Dim recentf entries that are not in the current project.
+  (ivy-set-display-transformer 'counsel-recentf '+ivy-recentf-transformer)
 
   (require 'counsel-projectile)
   (setq counsel-find-file-ignore-regexp "\\(?:^[#.]\\)\\|\\(?:[#~]$\\)\\|\\(?:^Icon?\\)")