diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
index a7ef36e5..97479b91 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ return {
     version = false, -- last release is way too old and doesn't work on Windows
     build = ":TSUpdate",
     event = { "LazyFile", "VeryLazy" },
+    lazy = vim.fn.argc(-1) == 0, -- load treesitter early when opening a file from the cmdline
     init = function(plugin)
       -- PERF: add nvim-treesitter queries to the rtp and it's custom query predicates early
       -- This is needed because a bunch of plugins no longer `require("nvim-treesitter")`, which