diff --git a/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.zshrc
index 399eb65..558d32e 100644
--- a/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ export ZSH="/home/paul/.oh-my-zsh"
 # set default text editor
 export EDITOR="nvim"
 
+# fcitx support
+export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
+export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
+export XMODIFIERS="@im=fcitx"
+
 # Set name of the theme to load --- if set to "random", it will
 # load a random theme each time oh-my-zsh is loaded, in which case,
 # to know which specific one was loaded, run: echo $RANDOM_THEME