diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index e5fcc54..68dcaee 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ ln -sf $DOTFILES/tmux/tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
 
 ln -sf $DOTFILES/screen/screenrc ~/.screenrc
 
+## rtorrent
+
+ln -sf $DOTFILES/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc ~/.rtorrent.rc
+mkdir -p ~/.rtorrent
+
 ## git
 
 ln -sf $DOTFILES/git/gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
diff --git a/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc b/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf4747d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+################################################################################
+# .rtorrentrc -- configuration file for [rtorrent](http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/)
+#                     _                            _
+#                _ __| |_ ___  _ __ _ __ ___ _ __ | |_   _ __ ___
+#               | '__| __/ _ \| '__| '__/ _ \ '_ \| __| | '__/ __|
+#              _| |  | || (_) | |  | | |  __/ | | | |_ _| | | (__
+#             (_)_|   \__\___/|_|  |_|  \___|_| |_|\__(_)_|  \___|
+#
+################################################################################
+
+# This is an example resource file for rTorrent. Copy to
+# ~/.rtorrent.rc and enable/modify the options as needed. Remember to
+# uncomment the options you wish to enable.
+
+# Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to per torrent.
+
+#min_peers = 40
+#max_peers = 100
+
+# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
+
+#min_peers_seed = 10
+#max_peers_seed = 50
+
+# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
+
+#max_uploads = 15
+
+# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited.
+
+#download_rate = 0
+#upload_rate = 0
+
+# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents.
+
+# directory = ./
+
+# Default session directory. Make sure you don't run multiple instance
+# of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
+# relative path?
+
+session=~/.rtorrent/
+
+# Encryption options, set to none (default) or any combination of the following:
+# allow_incoming, try_outgoing, require, require_RC4, enable_retry, prefer_plaintext
+#
+# The example value allows incoming encrypted connections, starts unencrypted
+# outgoing connections but retries with encryption if they fail, preferring
+# plaintext to RC4 encryption after the encrypted handshake
+
+encryption=allow_incoming,try_outgoing,enable_retry
+
+# Enable peer exchange (for torrents not marked private)
+peer_exchange=yes
+
+# Enable DHT support for trackerless torrents or when all trackers are down.
+# May be set to "disable" (completely disable DHT), "off" (do not start DHT),
+# "auto" (start and stop DHT as needed), or "on" (start DHT immediately).
+# The default is "off". For DHT to work, a session directory must be defined.
+
+dht=on
+