diff --git a/xinitrc b/xinitrc
index ad11613..903205b 100755
--- a/xinitrc
+++ b/xinitrc
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@ case "$HOSTNAME" in
 		;;
 esac
 
+if [ -d $HOME/.fonts ]; then
+	xset +fp $HOME/.fonts
+	xset fp rehash
+fi
+
 exec herbstluftwm