diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
index 4fab52087..59b2fd241 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@ employed so that flycheck still does *some* helpful linting.")
 
 (use-package! elisp-mode
   :mode ("\\.Cask\\'" . emacs-lisp-mode)
+  :init
+  ;; Instead of pestering the user about accepting unsafe file local variables,
+  ;; I'd rather it quietly ignore them...
+  (setq-default enable-local-variables :safe)
+  ;; ...but still log them, so we can discover them if we're looking for it.
+  (defadvice! +emacs-lisp-log-unsafe-local-variables-a (variables dir-name)
+    :before #'hack-local-variables-filter
+    (when (eq enable-local-variables :safe)
+      (pcase-dolist (`(,var . ,val) variables)
+        (cond ((memq var ignored-local-variables))
+              ((memq var '(mode unibyte coding)))
+              ((eq var 'eval))
+              ((not (safe-local-variable-p var val))
+               (message "Ignoring unsafe file local variable: %S" var))
+              ((risky-local-variable-p var val)
+               (message "Ignoring risky file local variable: %S" var))))))
   :config
   (set-repl-handler! '(emacs-lisp-mode lisp-interaction-mode) #'+emacs-lisp/open-repl)
   (set-eval-handler! '(emacs-lisp-mode lisp-interaction-mode) #'+emacs-lisp-eval)