diff --git a/modules/lang/rust/config.el b/modules/lang/rust/config.el
index 912003d5c..ec0397c8e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/rust/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/rust/config.el
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@
   (setq rustic-indent-method-chain t
         rustic-flycheck-setup-mode-line-p nil
         ;; use :editor format instead
-        rustic-format-on-save nil)
+        rustic-format-on-save nil
+        ;; REVIEW `rust-ordinary-lt-gt-p' is terribly expensive in large rust
+        ;;        buffers, so we disable it, but only for evil users, because it
+        ;;        affects `forward-sexp' and its ilk. See
+        ;;        https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-mode/issues/288.
+        rustic-match-angle-brackets (not (featurep! :editor evil)))
 
   (add-hook 'rustic-mode-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode)