diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index ea26ac2..8d4d462 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn()
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 static const char *lockcmd[] = { "slock", NULL };
+static const char *charsearchcmd[] = { "dmenu_charinput", dmenumon, NULL };
 
 static Key keys[] = {
 	/* modifier                     key        function        argument */
+	{ MODKEY,                       XK_e,      spawn,          {.v = charsearchcmd } },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = dmenucmd } },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_Return, spawn,          {.v = termcmd } },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_l,      spawn,          {.v = lockcmd } },