diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56dee29f..55273366 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ temp_dirs/yankring_history_v2.txt
 sources_forked/yankring/doc/tags
 sources_non_forked/tlib/doc/tags
 sources_non_forked/ctrlp.vim/doc/tags*
+my_plugins/
 my_configs.vim
 tags
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/my_plugins/.gitkeep b/my_plugins/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim b/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
index e67e5a07..05be1e6d 100644
--- a/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
+++ b/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 let s:vim_runtime = expand('<sfile>:p:h')."/.."
 call pathogen#infect(s:vim_runtime.'/sources_forked/{}')
 call pathogen#infect(s:vim_runtime.'/sources_non_forked/{}')
+call pathogen#infect(s:vim_runtime.'/my_plugins/{}')
 call pathogen#helptags()
 
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