diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 3025ce5..4ec8509 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ value `italic'."
           #'(lambda ()
               (keymap-local-set "C-c l" 'slime-hyperspec-lookup)))
 
+;; completion with arbitrary order
+(package-install 'orderless)
+(setq completion-styles '(orderless basic)
+      completion-category-overrides '((file (styles basic partial-completion))))
+
 ;; minibuffer completion
 (package-install 'marginalia)
 (package-install 'vertico)