diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c99432a..3a72dbb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 install:
 	$(info installing welcome to $(PREFIX))
 	@install -m 755 welcome.rb $(PREFIX)/bin/firstlogin
+	@install -m 644 editors /etc/editors
 
 .PHONY: install
diff --git a/editors b/editors
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ca9560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/usr/bin/vi
+/usr/bin/nano
+/usr/bin/vim
+/usr/bin/pico
+/usr/bin/jed
+/usr/bin/emacs
+/usr/bin/micro