diff --git a/plugins/available/history.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/history.plugin.bash
index ac7dea0aee..bc6a6e2756 100644
--- a/plugins/available/history.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/history.plugin.bash
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ about-plugin 'improve history handling with sane defaults'
 # append to bash_history on exit.
 shopt -s histappend
 
-# erase duplicates; alternative option: HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
-: "${HISTCONTROL:=ignorespace:erasedups}"
+# 'ignorespace': don't save command lines which begin with a space to history
+# 'erasedups' (alternative 'ignoredups'): don't save duplicates to history
+# 'autoshare': automatically share history between multiple running shells
+: "${HISTCONTROL:=ignorespace:erasedups:autoshare}"
+
+safe_append_preexec '_bash_it_history_auto_save'
+safe_append_prompt_command '_bash_it_history_auto_load'
 
 # resize history to 100x the default (500)
 : "${HISTSIZE:=50000}"