diff --git a/hosts/by-name/servo/services/email/dovecot.nix b/hosts/by-name/servo/services/email/dovecot.nix
index 9401cc34..0bddc89c 100644
--- a/hosts/by-name/servo/services/email/dovecot.nix
+++ b/hosts/by-name/servo/services/email/dovecot.nix
@@ -127,9 +127,15 @@
   services.dovecot2.modules = [
     pkgs.dovecot_pigeonhole  # enables sieve execution (?)
   ];
-  services.dovecot2.sieveScripts = {
+  services.dovecot2.sieve = {
+    # maybe not all of these are needed. source: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/275031#issuecomment-1891052685>
+    plugins = [ "sieve_imapsieve" "sieve_extprograms" ];
+    extensions = [ "fileinto" ];
+    globalExtensions = [ "+vnd.dovecot.pipe" "+vnd.dovecot.environment" ];
     # if any messages fail to pass (or lack) DKIM, move them to Junk
     # XXX the key name ("after") is only used to order sieve execution/ordering
+  };
+  services.dovecot2.sieveScripts = {
     after = builtins.toFile "ensuredkim.sieve" ''
       require "fileinto";