diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index c2c4a4a91..6d883882a 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 ;; Emacs HEAD (27+) introduces early-init.el, which is run before init.el,
 ;; before package and UI initialization happens.
 
+;; Defer garbage collection further back in the startup process
+(setq gc-cons-threshold 268435456)
+
 ;; Package initialize occurs automatically, before `user-init-file' is
 ;; loaded, but after `early-init-file'. Doom handles package
 ;; initialization, so we must prevent Emacs from doing it early!