diff --git a/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh b/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
index 2a4d8d7..77fcb33 100755
--- a/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
+++ b/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
@@ -57,4 +57,16 @@ else
     du --human-readable --max-depth=1 ${trg_dir}
 fi
 
-echo
+# set up auto mount
+the_file=/etc/fstab
+if [ -f "${the_file}" ]; then
+    if ! more ${the_file} | grep 'syncDir'
+    then
+        echo "# auto mount syncDir" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
+        echo "${src_dir} ${trg_dir}     auto        defaults,nofail,nobootwait,bind 0 2" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
+
+        echo "auto mount added to '${the_file}'"
+    fi
+fi
+
+echo ""