diff --git a/core/core-projects.el b/core/core-projects.el
index 3f2bec85c..a293a8fc2 100644
--- a/core/core-projects.el
+++ b/core/core-projects.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   :init
   (setq projectile-cache-file (concat doom-cache-dir "projectile.cache")
         projectile-enable-caching (not noninteractive)
-        projectile-indexing-method 'alien
+        projectile-indexing-method (if IS-WINDOWS 'native 'alien)
         projectile-known-projects-file (concat doom-cache-dir "projectile.projects")
         projectile-require-project-root nil
         projectile-globally-ignored-files '(".DS_Store" "Icon
" "TAGS")