diff --git a/configuration.org b/configuration.org
index 5249e2c..e5a7bad 100644
--- a/configuration.org
+++ b/configuration.org
@@ -2377,6 +2377,20 @@ This is a big one; I use a lot of customisation here.
   :demand
   :init
   (require 'xdg-paths)
+  (defface org-checkbox-todo-text
+    '((t (:inherit org-todo)))
+    "Face for the text part of an unchecked org-mode checkbox.")
+  (defface org-checkbox-done-text
+    '((t (:inherit org-done)))
+    "Face for the text part of a checked org-mode checkbox.")
+  (font-lock-add-keywords
+   'org-mode
+   `(("^[ \t]*\\(?:[-+*]\\|[0-9]+[).]\\)[ \t]+\\(\\(?:\\[@\\(?:start:\\)?[0-9]+\\][ \t]*\\)?\\[\\(?: \\|\\([0-9]+\\)/\\2\\)\\][^\n]*\n\\)" 1 'org-checkbox-todo-text prepend))
+   'append)
+  (font-lock-add-keywords
+   'org-mode
+   `(("^[ \t]*\\(?:[-+*]\\|[0-9]+[).]\\)[ \t]+\\(\\(?:\\[@\\(?:start:\\)?[0-9]+\\][ \t]*\\)?\\[\\(?:X\\|\\([0-9]+\\)/\\2\\)\\][^\n]*\n\\)" 12 'org-checkbox-done-text prepend))
+   'append)
   (setq-default org-crypt-key "B0740C4C"
                 org-default-notes-file (concat user-documents-directory
                                                (convert-standard-filename