diff --git a/ci.el b/.doomrc
similarity index 93%
rename from ci.el
rename to .doomrc
index 72ba72e5d..65b48fdfc 100644
--- a/ci.el
+++ b/.doomrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-;;; ci.el -*- lexical-binding: t; no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; .doomrc --- doom runtime config -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t; -*-
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;; Code:
+(require 'doom) ; be silent, byte-compiler
 
 (after! doom-cli-ci
   ;;; Commit linter types
@@ -50,4 +51,4 @@
                         :match "\\.org$"
                         :map #'file-name-base)))
 
-;;; ci.el ends here
+;;; .doomrc ends here
diff --git a/bin/doom b/bin/doom
index cfe6334d8..2ecbbc5c3 100755
--- a/bin/doom
+++ b/bin/doom
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ SEE ALSO:
     silently fail on missing files, but --strict-load won't.
 
     Warning: files loaded this way load too late to define new commands. To
-    define commands, do so from `$DOOMDIR'/cli.el or `$DOOMDIR'/init.el
-    instead."
+    define commands, do so from `$DOOMDIR'/cli.el, `$DOOMDIR'/init.el, or a
+    .doomrc file in the current project tree."
   (when color?
     (setq doom-print-backend (if (eq color? :yes) 'ansi)))
   (when pager
@@ -299,7 +299,17 @@ SEE ALSO:
               (load! cli-file path t)))))
 
       (doom-log "Loading $DOOMDIR/cli.el")
-      (load! cli-file doom-private-dir t))))
+      (load! cli-file doom-private-dir t))
+
+    ;; Allow per-project Doom settings in .doom files.
+    (let (doomrc)
+      (cond
+       ((setq doomrc (getenv "DOOMRC"))
+        (load! doomrc))
+       ((setq doomrc (locate-dominating-file default-directory ".doomrc"))
+        (load! ".doomrc" doomrc)))
+      (when doomrc
+        (print! "Loaded doomrc: %s" doomrc)))))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/lisp/cli/ci.el b/lisp/cli/ci.el
index ee5dd3137..b8d33d747 100644
--- a/lisp/cli/ci.el
+++ b/lisp/cli/ci.el
@@ -247,20 +247,6 @@ Note: warnings are not considered failures.")
 ;;; Commands
 
 ;;; doom ci
-(defcli! (:before ci) (&args _)
-  (when-let*
-      ((repo-root
-        (if-let* ((result (sh! "git" "rev-parse" "--show-toplevel"))
-                  ((zerop (car result))))
-            (cdr result)
-          default-directory))
-       (local-config
-        (car (or (doom-glob repo-root "ci.el")
-                 (doom-glob doom-private-dir "ci.el")))))
-    (defgroup! :prefix '(doom ci)
-      (load local-config nil t t))
-    (print! (item "Loaded %S") local-config)))
-
 (defcli! ci (&args _)
   "Commands that automate development processes."
   :partial t)
diff --git a/lisp/doom-start.el b/lisp/doom-start.el
index 2f3a5b229..e711dfd87 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-start.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-start.el
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ If RETURN-P, return the message as a string instead of displaying it."
                      (float-time (time-subtract (current-time) before-init-time))))))
 
 ;; Add support for additional file extensions.
-(dolist (entry '(("/LICENSE\\'" . text-mode)
+(dolist (entry '(("/\\.doomrc\\'" . emacs-lisp-mode)
+                 ("/LICENSE\\'" . text-mode)
                  ("\\.log\\'" . text-mode)
                  ("rc\\'" . conf-mode)
                  ("\\.\\(?:hex\\|nes\\)\\'" . hexl-mode)))