diff --git a/applications/xprofile b/applications/xprofile
index 10becc0..06385e3 100644
--- a/applications/xprofile
+++ b/applications/xprofile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export EDITOR=vim
 
 # run user startup jobs
 xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
+setxkbmap -option 'caps:ctrl_modifier'
 ibus-daemon &
 mpd &