diff --git a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
index 1ab40aba..6f052997 100644
--- a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
+++ b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Path to your oh-my-zsh configuration.
-ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
+export ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
 
 # Set name of the theme to load.
 # Look in ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/