diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/.tmux.conf
index 5001d3c..599d4f1 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf
+++ b/.tmux.conf
@@ -858,7 +858,13 @@ run 'cut -c3- "$TMUX_CONF" | sh -s _apply_configuration'
 # _apply_bindings() {
 #   cfg=$(mktemp) && trap 'rm -f $cfg*' EXIT
 #
+#   tmux_conf_preserve_stock_bindings=${tmux_conf_preserve_stock_bindings:-false}
 #   tmux list-keys | grep -vF 'TMUX_CONF_LOCAL' | grep -E 'new-window|split(-|_)window|new-session|copy-selection|copy-pipe' > "$cfg"
+#   if _is_true "$tmux_conf_preserve_stock_bindings"; then
+#     probe_socket="$(dirname "$TMUX_SOCKET")/tmux-stock-bindings-$$"
+#     TMUX_SOCKET="$probe_socket" tmux -f /dev/null list-keys >> "$cfg"
+#     rm -f "%probe_socket"
+#   fi
 #
 #   # tmux 3.0 doesn't include 02254d1e5c881be95fd2fc37b4c4209640b6b266 and the
 #   # output of list-keys can be truncated
diff --git a/.tmux.conf.local b/.tmux.conf.local
index 87f0efb..81e081a 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf.local
+++ b/.tmux.conf.local
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@
 #         Copyright 2012— Gregory Pakosz (@gpakosz).
 
 
+# -- bindings ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# preserve tmux stock bindings,
+# while adding bindings that don't conflict with these stock bindings
+# /!\ this disables some of Oh my tmux! bindings described in README.md
+#   - true
+#   - false (default)
+tmux_conf_preserve_stock_bindings=false
+
+
 # -- session creation ----------------------------------------------------------
 
 # prompt for session name when creating a new session, possible values are: