diff --git a/.xinitrc b/.xinitrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cde49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.xinitrc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
+sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
+userresources="$HOME"/.Xresources
+usermodmap="$HOME"/.Xmodmap
+
+[ ! -f "$sysresources" ] || xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
+[ ! -f "$sysmodmap" ] || xmodmap "$sysmodmap"
+
+[ ! -f "$userresources" ] || xrdb -merge "$userresources"
+[ ! -f "$usermodmap" ] || xmodmap "$usermodmap"
+
+unset {sys,user}{resources,modmap}
+
+if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
+	for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
+		[ ! -x "$f" ] || . "$f"
+	done
+	unset f
+fi
+
+exec i3
diff --git a/meta/install.conf.yaml b/meta/install.conf.yaml
index 3414ed5..7c9a788 100644
--- a/meta/install.conf.yaml
+++ b/meta/install.conf.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
         path: .Xmodmap
     ~/.Xresources:
         path: .Xresources
+    ~/.xinitrc:
+        path: .xinitrc
     ~/.zshenv:
         path: .zshenv
     ~/.config/: