diff --git a/home/.zshenv b/home/.zshenv
deleted file mode 120000
index 9fbf4d2..0000000
--- a/home/.zshenv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.config/zsh/.zshenv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install_root.sh b/install_root.sh
index 7782734..328e0b8 100755
--- a/install_root.sh
+++ b/install_root.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ cp root/.rsync-filter /
 sudo pacman -Sy
 
 # Copy ZSH shell configuration
-cp -a home/.zshenv ~
+mkdir -p /etc/zsh
+cp -ra root/etc/zsh /etc/zsh
 mkdir -p ~/.config
 cp -ra home/.config/shell ~/.config
 cp -ra home/.config/zsh ~/.config
diff --git a/install_user.sh b/install_user.sh
index 2b58918..b78be5a 100755
--- a/install_user.sh
+++ b/install_user.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ yay -S --noconfirm --needed \
   downgrade lf xdg-ninja-git
 
 # Copy over zsh configuration
-cp -a home/.zshenv ~
+# Note that this assumes you've ran install_root.sh, whcih created /etc/zsh/zshenv
+# with $ZOOTDIR exported. If you haven't done that, you'll want to symlink the
+# ~/.config/zsh/.zshenv to your home directory.
 mkdir -p ~/.config
 cp -ra home/.config/shell ~/.config
 cp -ra home/.config/zsh ~/.config
diff --git a/root/etc/zsh/zshenv b/root/etc/zsh/zshenv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7db1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/zsh/zshenv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export ZDOTDIR="$HOME"/.config/zsh