diff --git a/lua/plugins/markdown/zotcite.lua b/lua/plugins/markdown/zotcite.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dda59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/markdown/zotcite.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- Install and configure zotcite
+--  https://github.com/jalvesaq/zotcite
+
+return {
+  "jalvesaq/zotcite",
+  dependencies = {
+    "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
+    "jalvesaq/cmp-zotcite",
+  },
+  config = function ()
+    require("zotcite").setup({
+      -- waiting for zotcite options
+    })
+    require("cmp_zotcite").setup({
+      filetypes = {
+        "pandoc",
+        "markdown",
+        "rmd",
+        "quarto",
+      }
+    })
+  end
+}
diff --git a/lua/plugins/nvim-cmp.lua b/lua/plugins/nvim-cmp.lua
index 4ff16ce..54f0ead 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/nvim-cmp.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/nvim-cmp.lua
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ return {
         },
         { name = "path" },
         { name = "emoji" },
+        { name = "cmp_zotcite"}
       }),
 
       formatting = {