diff --git a/xdg/.config/xdg/env b/xdg/.config/xdg/env
index 8b05430..743f068 100644
--- a/xdg/.config/xdg/env
+++ b/xdg/.config/xdg/env
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ export GNUPGHOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/gnupg
 export MYSQL_HISTFILE="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/mysql_history
 export INPUTRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/readline/inputrc
 export IRBRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/irb/irbrc"
+
+export KUBECONFIG="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/kube/config"
+mkdir -p "$(dirname ${KUBE_CONFIG})"