diff --git a/dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc b/dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc
index a2795b6..1d3d05c 100644
--- a/dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ alias Ytune="noglob youtube-dl --no-check-certificate -x --audio-format vorbis -
 alias units="units -v"
 alias usystemctl="systemctl --user"
 alias battery="upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0"
+alias eix="cave search --index /var/db/pkg/cave-search-index"
 
 # apparently this is the only way of setting GNU Screen to UTF-8
 alias screen="screen -U"