diff --git a/.config/fish/functions/ssh_agent_startup.fish b/.config/fish/functions/ssh_agent_startup.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a7db9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/fish/functions/ssh_agent_startup.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+function ssh_agent_startup -d 'Start ssh agent and set env vars'
+    eval (ssh-agent -c) >/dev/null 2>&1
+end