diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 037291e..797f906 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ autocmd FileType gemtext setlocal spell spelllang=en_us cc= wrap
 set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬,space:.
 
 " vim-plug, https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug 
+let data_dir = has('nvim') ? stdpath('data') . '/site' : '~/.vim'
+if empty(glob(data_dir . '/autoload/plug.vim'))
+  silent execute '!curl -fLo '.data_dir.'/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
+  autocmd VimEnter * PlugInstall --sync | source $MYVIMRC
+endif
 call plug#begin()
 Plug 'https://github.com/fatih/vim-go'
 Plug 'https://github.com/peterhoeg/vim-qml'