diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 556519e..8d07aef 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ let g:campo_ctags_exclude = ['*.txt', '*.config', '.cache', 'run_tree']
 "    * You can see a list of languages with `ctags --list-languages`
 "    * For C# you have to escape the ampersand like so: `--languages=C\\#`
 "  * Exclude directories using g:campo_ctags_exclude
-let g:campo_custom_ctags_args = ""
+"
+" We'll do it recursively by default.
+let g:campo_custom_ctags_args = "-R"
 
 
 " Set extra paths to use when searching for ctags files. By default the current