diff --git a/build_common.zig b/build_common.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59ea0cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_common.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//! Shared code for script build scripts
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub const confgen_json_opt = std.json.ParseOptions{ .ignore_unknown_fields = true };
+
+/// Retrieve some confgen options given a path to the cgfile and a struct type
+/// with a field for each option.
+pub fn confgenGet(comptime T: type, cgfile: []const u8, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !T {
+    const info = @typeInfo(T);
+
+    const field_names = comptime blk: {
+        var names: [info.Struct.fields.len][]const u8 = undefined;
+        for (info.Struct.fields, 0..) |f, i|
+            names[i] = f.name;
+
+        break :blk names;
+    };
+
+    const out = try std.ChildProcess.exec(.{
+        .allocator = alloc,
+        .argv = &[_][]const u8{ "confgen", "--json-opt", cgfile } ++ field_names,
+    });
+    defer {
+        alloc.free(out.stdout);
+        alloc.free(out.stderr);
+    }
+
+    if (!std.meta.eql(out.term, .{ .Exited = 0 }))
+        return error.UnexpectedExitCode;
+
+    return try std.json.parseFromSlice(T, alloc, out.stdout, confgen_json_opt);
+}
diff --git a/mzte-nv/build.zig b/mzte-nv/build.zig
index 0ca3738..ae56df3 100644
--- a/mzte-nv/build.zig
+++ b/mzte-nv/build.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const common = @import("build_common.zig");
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) !void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) !void {
 
     const znvim_dep = b.dependency("znvim", .{ .target = target, .optimize = mode });
 
+    const cg_opt = try common.confgenGet(struct {
+        term_font: []const u8,
+    }, "../confgen.lua", b.allocator);
+
+    const opts = b.addOptions();
+    opts.addOption([]const u8, "font", cg_opt.term_font);
+    lib.addOptions("opts", opts);
+
     lib.addModule("nvim", znvim_dep.module("nvim_c"));
     lib.addModule("znvim", znvim_dep.module("znvim"));
 
diff --git a/mzte-nv/build_common.zig b/mzte-nv/build_common.zig
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..7e1637d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mzte-nv/build_common.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../build_common.zig
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mzte-nv/src/options.zig b/mzte-nv/src/options.zig
index aef911c..81be8f7 100644
--- a/mzte-nv/src/options.zig
+++ b/mzte-nv/src/options.zig
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const znvim = @import("znvim");
 const nvim = @import("nvim");
 
+const opts = @import("opts");
+
 const log = std.log.scoped(.options);
 
 /// Initializes neovim options.
 pub fn initOptions() !void {
+    var buf: [512]u8 = undefined;
+
     // Shell (defaults to mzteinit since that's my login shell)
     try setOption("shell", "fish");
 
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn initOptions() !void {
     try setOption("colorcolumn", "100");
     try setOption("cursorcolumn", true);
     try setOption("cursorline", true);
-    try setOption("guifont", "Iosevka Nerd Font Mono:h10");
+    try setOption("guifont", try std.fmt.bufPrintZ(&buf, "{s}:h10", .{opts.font}));
     try setOption("mouse", "a");
     try setOption("number", true);
     try setOption("relativenumber", true);
@@ -55,7 +59,6 @@ pub fn initOptions() !void {
         "perl",
         "node",
     }) |garbage| {
-        var buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
         const opt = try std.fmt.bufPrintZ(&buf, "g:loaded_{s}_provider", .{garbage});
         setVar(opt, .{ .bool = false });
     }