diff --git a/modules/prelude-programming.el b/modules/prelude-programming.el
index 68a4346..38e2fb3 100644
--- a/modules/prelude-programming.el
+++ b/modules/prelude-programming.el
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 
 ;; show the name of the current function definition in the modeline
 (require 'which-func)
+(setq which-func-modes t)
 (which-function-mode 1)
 
 ;; in Emacs 24 programming major modes generally derive from a common