diff --git a/bin/dot_update b/bin/dot_update
index 350d587cd..23d06aa00 100755
--- a/bin/dot_update
+++ b/bin/dot_update
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ cd "$ZSH" || exit 1
 # fixes PATH (we could be running from the crontab)
 PATH="$(command -p getconf PATH):/usr/local/bin"
 
+# load custom config if any
+[[ -a ~/.localrc ]] && source ~/.localrc
+
 # ssh would not work under cron, add a https one
 echo "› setting up update channel"
 git remote add updates https://github.com/caarlos0/dotfiles.git 2> /dev/null