diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c986a4..fec3278 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 build/
 .cache
 backup.tar
+autostart
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b2fbd47..6d5169f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ testv: build
 
 .PHONY: deploy
 deploy: build
-	rsync -avmh --delete --exclude 'settings.lua' --include '*.lua' --include '*.so' --include '*.png' --include '*/' --include '*.rasi' --include '*.sh' --exclude '*' ./ ~/.config/awesome/
+	rsync -avmh --delete \
+		--exclude 'settings.lua' --exclude 'autostart' \
+		--include '*.lua' --include '*.so' --include '*.png' --include '*/' --include '*.rasi' --include '*.sh' \
+		--exclude '*' \
+		./ ~/.config/awesome/
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:
diff --git a/rc.lua b/rc.lua
index daaffbd..c8e2e1d 100644
--- a/rc.lua
+++ b/rc.lua
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ end)
 local on_screen_connect = require('src.theme.wibar')
 require('awful').screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s) on_screen_connect(s) end)
 require('awful').spawn.with_shell('xset s 0 0; xset dpms 0 0 0')
+require('src.autostart')
diff --git a/src/autostart.lua b/src/autostart.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e365acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autostart.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+local io = require('io')
+local spawn = require('awful').spawn.spawn
+local readable = require('gears.filesystem').file_readable
+local confdir = require('src.util.path').conf_dir
+
+local xres_name = 'awesome.did_autostart'
+-- check
+local xres_fp = io.popen('xrdb -query')
+if xres_fp == nil then return end
+local xres = xres_fp:read('*a')
+if xres:match(xres_name) then return end
+-- set
+xres_fp = io.popen('xrdb -merge', 'w')
+if xres_fp == nil then return end
+xres_fp:write(xres_name, ':true')
+xres_fp:close()
+
+local autostart_file = confdir .. '/autostart'
+if readable(autostart_file) then
+    for line in io.lines(autostart_file, "*l") do
+        ---@cast line string
+        if line:len() > 0 then
+            spawn(line)
+        end
+    end
+end