diff --git a/doom/.config/doom/init.el b/doom/.config/doom/init.el
index 6cbbbf6..f1bdde5 100644
--- a/doom/.config/doom/init.el
+++ b/doom/.config/doom/init.el
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@
        ;;(rss +org)        ; emacs as an RSS reader
        ;;twitter           ; twitter client https://twitter.com/vnought
 
+       :personal
+       music
+
        :config
        ;;literate
        (default +bindings +smartparens))
diff --git a/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/config.el b/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/config.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8910fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/config.el
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+;;; personal/music/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(use-package! playerctl
+  :when (executable-find "playerctl")
+  :config
+  ;; keybindings
+  ;; k prefix looks like it isn't defined, so let's borrow it for now
+  (map! :n "SPC k SPC" #'playerctl-play-pause-song
+        :n "SPC k s" #'playerctl-stop-song
+        :n "SPC k S" #'playerctl-status
+        :n "SPC k m" #'playerctl-metadata ; currently broken
+        :n "SPC k n" #'playerctl-next-song
+        :n "SPC k N" #'playerctl-seek-forward
+        :n "SPC k p" #'playerctl-previous-song
+        :n "SPC k P" #'playerctl-seek-backward))
diff --git a/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/doctor.el b/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/doctor.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..811fd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/doctor.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;;; personal/music/doctor.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(unless (executable-find "playerctl")
+  (warn! "Couldn't find playerctl executable"))
diff --git a/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/packages.el b/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e46a881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doom/.config/doom/modules/personal/music/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; personal/music/packages.el
+
+(package! playerctl :pin "4c3a6132616fd28f902590bf6e63332e6055492b")