diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 7cfd3f4e3..1c7fc53a3 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
 ;; Hiding JOIN, QUIT, PART
 (setq erc-hide-list '("JOIN" "PART" "QUIT"))
 
+;; Start server for emacsclient
+(server-start)
+
 (custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.