diff --git a/roles/neovim/files/init.lua b/roles/neovim/files/init.lua
index 4a08203..c00857f 100644
--- a/roles/neovim/files/init.lua
+++ b/roles/neovim/files/init.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require('remaps')
 require('options')
 require('plugins')
 require('colors')
+require('plugin_options')
 require('autocommands')
 
 -- vim.cmd([[
diff --git a/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugin_options.lua b/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugin_options.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79ce338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugin_options.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- NERDTree
+
+let NERDTreeIgnore=['^__pycache__$', '\.pyc', '\~$']
+vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>ne', '<cmd>NERDTree<CR>', { remap = true })
diff --git a/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugins.lua b/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugins.lua
index b88be4e..4b1fb01 100644
--- a/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugins.lua
+++ b/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugins.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ return require('packer').startup(function(use)
     use 'morhetz/gruvbox'
     use 'sjl/badwolf'
 
+    -- NERDTree
+    use 'preservim/nerdtree'
+    use 'Xuyuanp/nerdtree-git-plugin' -- A NERDTree plugin showing git status
+
     -- Automatically set up your configuration after cloning packer.nvim
     -- Put this at the end after all plugins
     if packer_bootstrap then