diff --git a/packages.yml b/packages.yml
index beb976f..7661298 100644
--- a/packages.yml
+++ b/packages.yml
@@ -574,3 +574,17 @@ pulumi:
 reflector:
   archlinux:
     - reflector
+yazi:
+  archlinux:
+    - yazi
+    - ffmpeg
+    - 7zip
+    - jq
+    - poppler
+    - fd
+    - ripgrep
+    - fzf
+    - xsel
+    - zoxide
+    - resvg
+    - imagemagick
diff --git a/zsh/zshrc.j2 b/zsh/zshrc.j2
index 6e681c4..c89a707 100644
--- a/zsh/zshrc.j2
+++ b/zsh/zshrc.j2
@@ -379,6 +379,16 @@ tmp() {
     fi
 }
 
+# taken verbatim from https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/quick-start, extended with "command" in
+# the last line to not use aliased `rm`
+function y() {
+    local tmp="$(mktemp -t "yazi-cwd.XXXXXX")" cwd
+    yazi "$@" --cwd-file="$tmp"
+    IFS= read -r -d '' cwd < "$tmp"
+    [ -n "$cwd" ] && [ "$cwd" != "$PWD" ] && builtin cd -- "$cwd"
+    command rm -f -- "$tmp"
+}
+
 setopt PROMPT_SUBST
 
 autoload -Uz vcs_info