diff --git a/fish/.config/fish/conf.d/setup.fish b/fish/.config/fish/conf.d/setup.fish
index 35406b4..83d9516 100644
--- a/fish/.config/fish/conf.d/setup.fish
+++ b/fish/.config/fish/conf.d/setup.fish
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ function __fish_setup_on_tty_login --description "Set up environment on tty logi
     set -gx PASSWORD_STORE_GENERATED_LENGTH 16
     set -gx PASSWORD_STORE_CLIP_TIME 20
 
+    # Ripgrep requires this environment variable for knowing the config file path
+    set -gx RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH {$HOME}/.config/ripgrep/ripgreprc
+
     # Required for all environment variables to be set correctly, especially
     # in tmux session service.
     dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd --all