diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
index d0c25b867b..201ebd4198 100644
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@
                          (locate-dominating-file default-directory
                                                  ".dir-locals.el")))
 
+     ;; TempEl
+     (eval . (with-eval-after-load
+                 'tempel
+               (if (stringp tempel-path)
+                   (setq tempel-path (list tempel-path)))
+               (let ((guix-tempel-snippets
+                      (concat
+                       (expand-file-name
+                        "etc/snippets/tempel"
+                        (locate-dominating-file default-directory
+                                                ".dir-locals.el"))
+                       "/*.eld")))
+                 (unless (member guix-tempel-snippets tempel-path)
+                   (add-to-list 'tempel-path guix-tempel-snippets)))))
+
      ;; YASnippet
      (eval . (with-eval-after-load
                  'yasnippet
diff --git a/etc/snippets/tempel/scheme-mode b/etc/snippets/tempel/scheme-mode.eld
similarity index 98%
rename from etc/snippets/tempel/scheme-mode
rename to etc/snippets/tempel/scheme-mode.eld
index 249f4ce8e3..21a5dd6dee 100644
--- a/etc/snippets/tempel/scheme-mode
+++ b/etc/snippets/tempel/scheme-mode.eld
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
--*- mode: lisp-data -*-
-
 scheme-mode
 
 (package...
diff --git a/etc/snippets/tempel/text-mode b/etc/snippets/tempel/text-mode.eld
similarity index 99%
rename from etc/snippets/tempel/text-mode
rename to etc/snippets/tempel/text-mode.eld
index c635b7ee6f..397221b846 100644
--- a/etc/snippets/tempel/text-mode
+++ b/etc/snippets/tempel/text-mode.eld
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
--*- mode: lisp-data -*-
-
 text-mode :when (bound-and-true-p git-commit-mode)
 
 (add\ "gnu: Add "