diff --git a/dotfiles.yml b/dotfiles.yml
index 8b53921..f465524 100644
--- a/dotfiles.yml
+++ b/dotfiles.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ dotfiles:
     template: true
   - from: gnupg/dirmngr.conf
     to: .local/state/gnupg/dirmngr.conf
+  - from: gnupg/scdaemon.conf
+    to: .local/state/gnupg/scdaemon.conf
   - from: gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
     to: .local/state/gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
     template: true
diff --git a/gnupg/scdaemon.conf b/gnupg/scdaemon.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d6b23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnupg/scdaemon.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# makes yubikey work more reliably
+disable-ccid