diff --git a/emacs/+modeline.el b/emacs/+modeline.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1821bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs/+modeline.el
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+;;; +modeline.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Only let us know when the encoding is NOT LF UTF-8.
+(defun doom-modeline-conditional-buffer-encoding ()
+  "We expect the encoding to be LF UTF-8, so only show the modeline when this is not the case"
+  (setq-local doom-modeline-buffer-encoding
+              (unless (and (memq (plist-get (coding-system-plist buffer-file-coding-system) :category)
+                                 '(coding-category-undecided coding-category-utf-8))
+                           (not (memq (coding-system-eol-type buffer-file-coding-system) '(1 2))))
+                t)))
+
+(add-hook 'after-change-major-mode-hook #'doom-modeline-conditional-buffer-encoding)
diff --git a/emacs/config.el b/emacs/config.el
index 6523353..108214d 100644
--- a/emacs/config.el
+++ b/emacs/config.el
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 (load! "+mail")
 (load! "+org")
 (load! "+company")
+(load! "+modeline")