diff --git a/modules/ui/nav-flash/autoload.el b/modules/ui/nav-flash/autoload.el
index 04eaf8691..1e8f2a03d 100644
--- a/modules/ui/nav-flash/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/ui/nav-flash/autoload.el
@@ -1,24 +1,40 @@
 ;;; ui/nav-flash/autoload.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun +nav-flash*blink-cursor-maybe (orig-fn &rest args)
-  "Blink current line if the window has moved."
-  (if (or (not (window-start))
-          (derived-mode-p 'term-mode))
-      (apply orig-fn args)
-    (let* ((win-beg (window-start))
-           (point (save-excursion (goto-char win-beg) (point-marker))))
-      (apply orig-fn args)
-      (unless (equal point (save-excursion (goto-char win-beg) (point-marker)))
-        (+nav-flash/blink-cursor)))))
+(defun +nav-flash-blink-cursor (&rest _)
+  "Blinks the current line in the current window, to make it clear where the
+cursor has landed (typically after a large motion, like switching windows or
+jumping to another part of the file)."
+  (unless (minibufferp)
+    (nav-flash-show)
+    ;; only show in the current window
+    (overlay-put compilation-highlight-overlay 'window (selected-window))))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +nav-flash-blink-cursor-maybe (&rest _)
+  "Like `+nav-flash-blink-cursor', but no-ops if in special-mode or term-mode,
+or triggered from one of `+nav-flash-exclude-commands'."
+  (unless (or (derived-mode-p 'special-mode 'term-mode)
+              (memq this-command +nav-flash-exclude-commands))
+    (+nav-flash-blink-cursor)))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +nav-flash|delayed-blink-cursor (&rest _)
+  "Like `+nav-flash-blink-cursor', but links after a tiny pause, in case it
+isn't clear at run-time if the point will be in the correct window/buffer (like
+for `org-follow-link-hook')."
+  (run-at-time 0.1 nil #'+nav-flash|blink-cursor))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defalias '+nav-flash|blink-cursor #'+nav-flash-blink-cursor)
+;;;###autoload
+(defalias '+nav-flash|blink-cursor-maybe #'+nav-flash-blink-cursor-maybe)
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defalias '+nav-flash*blink-cursor #'+nav-flash-blink-cursor-maybe)
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +nav-flash/blink-cursor (&rest _)
   "Blink current line using `nav-flash'."
   (interactive)
-  (unless (or (minibufferp)
-              (derived-mode-p 'special-mode)
-              (memq this-command '(mouse-set-point evil-mouse-drag-region)))
-    (nav-flash-show)
-    ;; only show in the current window
-    (overlay-put compilation-highlight-overlay 'window (selected-window))))
+  (+nav-flash-blink-cursor-maybe))
diff --git a/modules/ui/nav-flash/config.el b/modules/ui/nav-flash/config.el
index 3adf6ed9f..d59b7e2be 100644
--- a/modules/ui/nav-flash/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/nav-flash/config.el
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ;;; ui/nav-flash/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
+(defvar +nav-flash-exclude-commands
+  '(mouse-set-point evil-mouse-drag-region
+    +org/dwim-at-point org-find-file org-find-file-at-mouse)
+  "A list of commands that should not trigger nav-flash.")
+
 (def-package! nav-flash
   :defer t
   :init
@@ -9,13 +14,16 @@
     '(doom-enter-window-hook
       imenu-after-jump-hook evil-jumps-post-jump-hook
       counsel-grep-post-action-hook dumb-jump-after-jump-hook)
-    #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
+    #'+nav-flash|blink-cursor-maybe)
+
+  ;; `org'
+  (add-hook 'org-follow-link-hook #'+nav-flash|delayed-blink-cursor)
 
   ;; `saveplace'
-  (advice-add #'save-place-find-file-hook :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
+  (advice-add #'save-place-find-file-hook :after #'+nav-flash*blink-cursor)
 
   ;; `evil'
-  (advice-add #'evil-window-top    :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
-  (advice-add #'evil-window-middle :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
-  (advice-add #'evil-window-bottom :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor))
+  (advice-add #'evil-window-top    :after #'+nav-flash*blink-cursor)
+  (advice-add #'evil-window-middle :after #'+nav-flash*blink-cursor)
+  (advice-add #'evil-window-bottom :after #'+nav-flash*blink-cursor))