diff --git a/lua/plugins/comment.lua b/lua/plugins/comment.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adcf48c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/comment.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+return {
+  'terrortylor/nvim-comment',
+  config = function()
+    require('nvim_comment').setup({
+      -- should comment out empty or whitespace only lines
+      comment_empty = false,
+    })
+  end
+}