diff --git a/lua/astrocommunity/pack/cpp/init.lua b/lua/astrocommunity/pack/cpp/init.lua
index 34d95f96a..9d0a82f75 100644
--- a/lua/astrocommunity/pack/cpp/init.lua
+++ b/lua/astrocommunity/pack/cpp/init.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,20 @@ return {
   },
   {
     "p00f/clangd_extensions.nvim",
-    ft = { "c", "cpp", "objc", "objcpp", "cuda", "proto" },
+    init = function()
+      -- load clangd extensions when clangd attaches
+      local augroup = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("clangd_extensions", { clear = true })
+      vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("LspAttach", {
+        group = augroup,
+        desc = "Load clangd_extensions with clangd",
+        callback = function(args)
+          if assert(vim.lsp.get_client_by_id(args.data.client_id)).name == "clangd" then
+            require "clangd_extensions"
+            vim.api.nvim_del_augroup_by_id(augroup)
+          end
+        end,
+      })
+    end,
   },
   {
     "Civitasv/cmake-tools.nvim",