diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1ec86c56..553ea71f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -208,3 +208,6 @@
 [submodule "vim/bundle/vim-scripts-Vim-R-plugin"]
 	path = vim/bundle/vim-scripts-Vim-R-plugin
 	url = https://github.com/vim-scripts/Vim-R-plugin
+[submodule "vim/bundle/kien-ctrlp"]
+	path = vim/bundle/kien-ctrlp
+	url = https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim
diff --git a/vim/bundle/kien-ctrlp b/vim/bundle/kien-ctrlp
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..99542d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/bundle/kien-ctrlp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 99542d295b54dab166707eeeba754bd7f8592b8e
diff --git a/vim/plugin/settings/ctrlp.vim b/vim/plugin/settings/ctrlp.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56b51ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/plugin/settings/ctrlp.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+" Default to filename searches - so that appctrl will find application
+" controller
+let g:ctrlp_by_filename = 1
+
+