diff --git a/modules/completion/vertico/config.el b/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
index 0620a0bc1..954bc0e51 100644
--- a/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ orderless."
      +vertico-basic-remote-try-completion
      +vertico-basic-remote-all-completions
      "Use basic completion on remote files only"))
-  (setq completion-styles '(orderless)
+  (setq completion-styles '(orderless basic)
         completion-category-defaults nil
         ;; note that despite override in the name orderless can still be used in
         ;; find-file etc.