diff --git a/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.zshrc
index 38d13ac..773e79b 100644
--- a/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
 	alias ll='ls -l'
 	alias say='espeak -v default  -p 10 -s 150 -a 200 2> /dev/null'
 	alias tmux='tmux -u'
+	alias pdfmk='latexmk -pdf -pvc'
 	# needs to have a number immediately after it.
 	alias slideshow='feh --full-screen --randomize --auto-zoom --recursive --slideshow-delay'
 	# converts all .doc and .docx files in the local directory to pdfs using libreoffice