diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 58ae5e2..cd3b10d 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "alacritty-sixel": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1651472856,
+        "narHash": "sha256-8SQgnB6q7sXeXcIzum/NAUj3mju7IERreXHMvt2cQEc=",
+        "owner": "microo8",
+        "repo": "alacritty-sixel",
+        "rev": "513e6a90c2fd0a019b214dab96c4e211d151a2f9",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "microo8",
+        "repo": "alacritty-sixel",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "dhist": {
       "inputs": {
         "fenix": "fenix",
@@ -140,6 +156,7 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "alacritty-sixel": "alacritty-sixel",
         "dhist": "dhist",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 9972d17..c58a5bd 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@
     home-manager.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     nur.url = "github:nix-community/NUR";
 
+    alacritty-sixel.url = "github:microo8/alacritty-sixel";
+    alacritty-sixel.flake = false;
+
     # my stuff
     dhist.url = "github:lelgenio/dhist";
   };
-  outputs = { nixpkgs, nixpkgs-unstable, home-manager, nur, dhist, ... }:
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, nixpkgs-unstable, home-manager, alacritty-sixel, nur, dhist, ... }:
     let
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       pkgs = import nixpkgs {
@@ -33,12 +36,19 @@
           nixpkgs.overlays = [
             overlay-unstable
             nur.overlay
-            (_: _: {
+            (_: old-pkgs: {
               dhist = dhist.packages.${system}.dhist;
               bmenu = import ./bmenu.nix { inherit config pkgs lib; };
               _diffr = import ./diffr.nix { inherit config pkgs lib; };
               kak-pager = import ./kak-pager.nix { inherit config pkgs lib; };
               terminal = import ./terminal.nix { inherit config pkgs lib; };
+              alacritty = (old-pkgs.alacritty.overrideAttrs (old-alacritty: rec {
+                src = alacritty-sixel;
+                cargoDeps = old-alacritty.cargoDeps.overrideAttrs (old-pkgs.lib.const {
+                  inherit src;
+                  outputHash = "sha256-aNatd4LC4lv0bDpVfUONdtEn9OPahVBZ9ch14pWWCnM=";
+                });
+              }));
             })
           ];
         })