diff --git a/vim/ftplugin/sh.vim b/vim/ftplugin/sh.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41b0e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/ftplugin/sh.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+let b:ale_fixers = ['shfmt']
+let b:ale_fix_on_save = 0
diff --git a/vim/makefile b/vim/makefile
index cac44b9..d997d9e 100644
--- a/vim/makefile
+++ b/vim/makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ init:
 		$(mk_link) $(SRC_DIR)/vimrc ~/.vimrc
 		$(mk_link) $(SRC_DIR)/vimrc.d $(TARGET_DIR)/vimrc.d
 		$(mk_link) $(SRC_DIR)/spell $(TARGET_DIR)/spell
+		$(mk_link) $(SRC_DIR)/ftplugin $(TARGET_DIR)/ftplugin
 		( mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/backup \
 			&& chmod 700 $(TARGET_DIR)/backup ) \
 			; $(report) "setting up backup dir"