diff --git a/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim b/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
index 3eb59597..e2cb614f 100644
--- a/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
+++ b/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
@@ -126,3 +126,24 @@ nnoremap <silent> <leader>z :Goyo<cr>
 " => Syntastic (syntax checker)
 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 let g:syntastic_python_checkers=['pyflakes']
+
+"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+" => vim-ag aka The Silver Searcher
+"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+if executable('ag')
+  " Use ag over grep
+  set grepprg=ag\ --nogroup\ --nocolor
+
+  " Use ag in CtrlP for listing files. Lightning fast and respects .gitignore
+  let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'ag %s -l --nocolor -g ""'
+
+  " ag is fast enough that CtrlP doesn't need to cache
+  let g:ctrlp_use_caching = 0
+endif
+
+" bind K to grep word under cursor
+nnoremap K :grep! "\b<C-R><C-W>\b"<CR>:cw<CR>
+
+" bind \ (backward slash) to grep shortcut
+command -nargs=+ -complete=file -bar Ag silent! grep! <args>|cwindow|redraw!
+nnoremap \ :Ag<SPACE>