diff --git a/modules/editor/file-templates/config.el b/modules/editor/file-templates/config.el
index 56a933e16..e9557c639 100644
--- a/modules/editor/file-templates/config.el
+++ b/modules/editor/file-templates/config.el
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ don't have a :trigger property in `+file-templates-alist'.")
     ("/conf\\.lua$" :trigger "__conf.lua" :mode love-mode)
     ;; Markdown
     (markdown-mode)
+    ;; Markdown
+    (nxml-mode)
     ;; Nix
     ("/shell\\.nix$" :trigger "__shell.nix")
     (nix-mode)
diff --git a/modules/editor/file-templates/templates/nxml-mode/__ b/modules/editor/file-templates/templates/nxml-mode/__
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..478d94928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/editor/file-templates/templates/nxml-mode/__
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+`%`$0
\ No newline at end of file