diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bcb2aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/conf.d/local
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf.d/local.fish b/conf.d/local.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec0e83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf.d/local.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+# Local script loader
+# Place machine local or private scripts in `conf.d/local`.
+# This dir will not be in git
+for s in $HOME/.config/fish/conf.d/local/*.fish
+    source $s
+end