diff --git a/etc/zsh/zshrc b/etc/zsh/zshrc
index a3b70ad..b5c6085 100644
--- a/etc/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/etc/zsh/zshrc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ alias usystemctl="systemctl --user"
 alias battery="upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0"
 alias pp=python2
 alias ppp=python3
+alias cs="cave search --index /var/db/paludis/search.idx"
 
 # apparently this is the only way of setting GNU Screen to UTF-8
 alias screen="screen -U"