diff --git a/lua/plugins/util.lua b/lua/plugins/util.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5feab42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/util.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+return {
+
+  -- measure startuptime
+  { "dstein64/vim-startuptime", cmd = "StartupTime" },
+}