diff --git a/config/zsh/login/spacemacs b/config/zsh/login/spacemacs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c531ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/zsh/login/spacemacs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! zsh
+: ${SPACEMACSDIR:=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/spacemacs}
+export SPACEMACSDIR