diff --git a/shellrc b/shellrc
index 1d384b4..a4ac828 100644
--- a/shellrc
+++ b/shellrc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ alias cower='command cower -c'
 alias pacman='command pacman --color=auto'
 alias rscreen='command screen -Dr'
 alias atmux='command tmux attach'
+alias rgrep='command grep --exclude-dir=\.{svn,git} -R'
 alias hist='fc -l 1'
 alias beep='printf "\007"'
 alias fixterm='printf "c"'