diff --git a/modules/lang/ess/config.el b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
index f68dd01da..5665589fd 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ess/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
   (set-eval-handler! 'ess-help-mode #'ess-eval-region-and-go)
   (set-eval-handler! 'ess-r-help-mode #'ess-eval-region-and-go)
 
+  (set-company-backend! 'ess-r-mode
+    '(company-R-args company-R-objects company-dabbrev-code :separate))
+
   (setq-hook! 'ess-r-mode-hook
     ;; HACK Fix #2233: Doom continues comments on RET, but ess-r-mode doesn't
     ;;      have a sane `comment-line-break-function', so...