diff --git a/templates/_zshrc.j2 b/templates/_zshrc.j2
index a353ae2..beeb708 100644
--- a/templates/_zshrc.j2
+++ b/templates/_zshrc.j2
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ else
   export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
 fi
 
+setopt share_history
+
 # load host specific settings
 [[ -f "$HOME/.zshrc-host" ]] && source $HOME/.zshrc-host