diff --git a/recipes/auto-complete.rcp b/recipes/auto-complete.rcp
index 345e5ee2..8fc29edc 100644
--- a/recipes/auto-complete.rcp
+++ b/recipes/auto-complete.rcp
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
        :description "The most intelligent auto-completion extension."
        :type github
        :pkgname "auto-complete/auto-complete"
-       :depends (popup fuzzy))
+       :depends (popup fuzzy)
+       :features auto-complete-config
+       :post-init (progn (add-to-list 'ac-dictionary-directories
+                                      (expand-file-name "ac-dict" user-emacs-directory))
+                         (ac-config-default)))