diff --git a/modules/ui/tabs/config.el b/modules/ui/tabs/config.el
index fba46edd1..66504fdef 100644
--- a/modules/ui/tabs/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/tabs/config.el
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         centaur-tabs-set-modified-marker t
         centaur-tabs-close-button "✕"
         centaur-tabs-modified-marker "•"
+        centaur-tabs-icon-type 'nerd-icons
         ;; Scrolling (with the mouse wheel) past the end of the tab list
         ;; replaces the tab list with that of another Doom workspace. This
         ;; prevents that.