diff --git a/dotfiles/zshrc b/dotfiles/zshrc
index dfdd524..f3d9213 100644
--- a/dotfiles/zshrc
+++ b/dotfiles/zshrc
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 time_ms
 ##
+## zinit
+##
+ZINIT_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/share}/zinit/zinit.git"
+[ ! -d $ZINIT_HOME ] && mkdir -p "$(dirname $ZINIT_HOME)"
+[ ! -d $ZINIT_HOME/.git ] && git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit.git "$ZINIT_HOME"
+source "${ZINIT_HOME}/zinit.zsh"
+##
 ## POSIX complaint shell utitly functions and envs
 ##
 source "$HOME/.shell/functions"