diff --git a/.config/kak/discord.kak b/.config/kak/discord.kak
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8de3215e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/kak/discord.kak
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+declare-option -hidden str discord_fifo
+
+define-command -hidden discord-fifo-send -params 1 %{ nop %sh{
+    { echo "$1" > "$kak_opt_discord_fifo"; } >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null &
+} }
+
+define-command discord-presence-enable \
+    -docstring "Enable Discord rich presence for this kakoune session" %{
+    evaluate-commands %sh{
+        if [ -z "$kak_opt_discord_fifo" ] && [ "$(pidof vesktop)" ]; then
+            fifo=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/kakoune-discord
+            if [ ! -p "$fifo" ]; then
+                mkfifo "$fifo"
+                kakoune-discord "$fifo" >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null &
+            fi
+            cat<<EOF
+set-option global discord_fifo $fifo
+discord-fifo-send '+'
+
+hook global -group discord FocusIn .* %{ discord-fifo-send %reg{%} }
+hook global -group discord WinDisplay .* %{ discord-fifo-send %reg{%} }
+hook global -group discord KakEnd .* %{ discord-fifo-send '-' }
+
+define-command discord-presence-disable \
+    -docstring "Disable Discord rich presence for this kakoune session" %{
+    discord-fifo-send '-'
+    unset-option global discord_fifo
+    remove-hooks global discord
+}
+EOF
+        fi
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.config/kak/extra.kak b/.config/kak/extra.kak
index df1c9f30..178ef382 100644
--- a/.config/kak/extra.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/extra.kak
@@ -87,3 +87,12 @@ define-command -docstring "New terminal in cwd" cwd-terminal %{
 alias global t cwd-terminal
 
 
+# discord rich presence
+try %{
+    source %exp{%val{config}/discord.kak}
+    # hook global -once ClientCreate .* %{
+    #     discord-presence-enable
+    # }
+} catch %{
+    echo -debug Couldn't start discord RTP: %val{error}
+}