diff --git a/modules/ui/treemacs/config.el b/modules/ui/treemacs/config.el
index 53a4b50fc..198aeaf26 100644
--- a/modules/ui/treemacs/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/treemacs/config.el
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ This must be set before `treemacs' has loaded.")
 (use-package! treemacs-evil
   :when (featurep! :editor evil +everywhere)
   :defer t
-  :init (after! treemacs (require 'treemacs-evil))
+  :init
+  (after! treemacs (require 'treemacs-evil))
+  (add-to-list 'doom-evil-state-alist '(?T . treemacs))
   :config
   (define-key! evil-treemacs-state-map
     [return] #'treemacs-RET-action