diff --git a/modules/config/default/+bindings.el b/modules/config/default/+bindings.el
index fceb63f71..e87700c92 100644
--- a/modules/config/default/+bindings.el
+++ b/modules/config/default/+bindings.el
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       ;; Other sensible, textmate-esque global bindings
       :ne "M-r"   #'+eval/buffer
       :ne "M-R"   #'+eval/region-and-replace
-      :ne "M-b"   #'compile
+      :ne "M-b"   #'+default/compile
       :ne "M-a"   #'mark-whole-buffer
       :ne "M-c"   #'evil-yank
       :ne "M-q"   (if (daemonp) #'delete-frame #'evil-quit-all)
diff --git a/modules/config/default/autoload/default.el b/modules/config/default/autoload/default.el
index 1e7810e31..15ba85e03 100644
--- a/modules/config/default/autoload/default.el
+++ b/modules/config/default/autoload/default.el
@@ -38,3 +38,20 @@
 (defun +default/browse-snippets ()
   (interactive) (doom-project-browse emacs-snippets-dir))
 ;; NOTE No need for a browse-snippets variant, use `yas-visit-snippet-file'
+
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +default/compile (arg)
+  "Runs `compile' from the root of the current project.
+
+If a compilation window is already open, recompile that instead.
+
+If ARG (universal argument), runs `compile' from the current directory."
+  (interactive "P")
+  (if (and (bound-and-true-p compilation-in-progress)
+           (buffer-live-p compilation-last-buffer))
+      (recompile)
+    (call-interactively
+     (if arg
+         #'projectile-compile-project
+       #'compile))))