diff --git a/lua/config/plugins/latex.lua b/lua/config/plugins/latex.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbe00b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/config/plugins/latex.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+return {
+  "lervag/vimtex",
+  lazy = false,     -- we don't want to lazy load VimTeX
+  -- tag = "v2.15", -- uncomment to pin to a specific release
+  init = function()
+    vim.g.vimtex_view_method = "zathura"
+
+    vim.g.vimtex_compiler_latexmk = {
+      options = {
+        "-pdf",
+        "-shell-escape",
+        "-verbose",
+        "-file-line-error",
+        "-synctex=1",
+        "-interaction=nonstopmode",
+      },
+    }
+  end
+}