diff --git a/packages.conf b/packages.conf
index 0abe7bd..3c54b02 100644
--- a/packages.conf
+++ b/packages.conf
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ DEV_TOOLS=(
   starship
   texlive
   tmux
+  # nvim-treesitter builds its language parsers with the tree-sitter command
+  tree-sitter-cli
   # pipx apps installed with its uv backend, as Hermes does, need uv to upgrade
   uv
   vim