diff --git a/modules/periodic.nix b/modules/periodic.nix
index d02cd1f..2ab80e1 100644
--- a/modules/periodic.nix
+++ b/modules/periodic.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
 let
   emacs-vterm = ((emacsPackagesFor emacs28NativeComp).emacsWithPackages
-    (epkgs: [ epkgs.vterm ]));
+    (epkgs: with epkgs; [ vterm pdf-tools ]));
   isync-oauth2 = isync.overrideAttrs
     (div: rec { buildInputs = [ openssl patched-cyrus-sasl-oauth2 zlib ]; });
 
diff --git a/modules/software.nix b/modules/software.nix
index ccccf78..93dc080 100644
--- a/modules/software.nix
+++ b/modules/software.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
 let
   emacs-vterm = ((emacsPackagesFor emacs28NativeComp).emacsWithPackages
-    (epkgs: [ epkgs.vterm ]));
+    (epkgs: with epkgs; [ vterm pdf-tools ]));
   patched-webtorrent-cli = nodePackages.webtorrent-cli.override {
     preRebuild = ''
       sed -i -e "s|#!/usr/bin/env node|#! ${pkgs.nodejs}/bin/node|" node_modules/node-gyp-build/bin.js