diff --git a/zsh/zshrc b/zsh/zshrc
index 21f7dc37..c9653fbb 100644
--- a/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/zsh/zshrc
@@ -19,14 +19,7 @@ compinit
 
 antibody bundle < ~/.config/antibody/zsh_plugins.txt
 
-[[ ! -f ~/.config/antibody/p10k.zsh ]] || source ~/.config/antibody/p10k.zsh 
-
-bindkey  "^[[H"   beginning-of-line
-bindkey  "^[[F"   end-of-line
-bindkey  "^[[3~"  delete-char
-
-bindkey "^[[1;5C" forward-word
-bindkey "^[[1;5D" backward-word
+[[ ! -f ~/.config/antibody/p10k.zsh ]] || source ~/.config/antibody/p10k.zsh
 
 fpath=(~/.completions $fpath)
 autoload -Uz compinit && compinit
@@ -75,6 +68,11 @@ function x11-clip-wrap-widgets() {
     done
 }
 
+# Del, End & Home keys
+bindkey "^[[1;5C" forward-word
+bindkey "^[[1;5D" backward-word
+bindkey "^A" vi-beginning-of-line
+
 # Better completion
 zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' \
   'm:{a-z\-}={A-Z\_}' \
@@ -97,3 +95,44 @@ x11-clip-wrap-widgets paste  $paste_widgets
 
 autoload -U +X bashcompinit && bashcompinit
 complete -o nospace -C /usr/bin/mc mc
+
+# create a zkbd compatible hash;
+# to add other keys to this hash, see: man 5 terminfo
+typeset -g -A key
+
+key[Home]="${terminfo[khome]}"
+key[End]="${terminfo[kend]}"
+key[Insert]="${terminfo[kich1]}"
+key[Backspace]="${terminfo[kbs]}"
+key[Delete]="${terminfo[kdch1]}"
+key[Up]="${terminfo[kcuu1]}"
+key[Down]="${terminfo[kcud1]}"
+key[Left]="${terminfo[kcub1]}"
+key[Right]="${terminfo[kcuf1]}"
+key[PageUp]="${terminfo[kpp]}"
+key[PageDown]="${terminfo[knp]}"
+key[Shift-Tab]="${terminfo[kcbt]}"
+
+# setup key accordingly
+[[ -n "${key[Home]}"      ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Home]}"       beginning-of-line
+[[ -n "${key[End]}"       ]] && bindkey -- "${key[End]}"        end-of-line
+[[ -n "${key[Insert]}"    ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Insert]}"     overwrite-mode
+[[ -n "${key[Backspace]}" ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Backspace]}"  backward-delete-char
+[[ -n "${key[Delete]}"    ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Delete]}"     delete-char
+[[ -n "${key[Up]}"        ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Up]}"         up-line-or-history
+[[ -n "${key[Down]}"      ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Down]}"       down-line-or-history
+[[ -n "${key[Left]}"      ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Left]}"       backward-char
+[[ -n "${key[Right]}"     ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Right]}"      forward-char
+[[ -n "${key[PageUp]}"    ]] && bindkey -- "${key[PageUp]}"     beginning-of-buffer-or-history
+[[ -n "${key[PageDown]}"  ]] && bindkey -- "${key[PageDown]}"   end-of-buffer-or-history
+[[ -n "${key[Shift-Tab]}" ]] && bindkey -- "${key[Shift-Tab]}"  reverse-menu-complete
+
+# Finally, make sure the terminal is in application mode, when zle is
+# active. Only then are the values from $terminfo valid.
+if (( ${+terminfo[smkx]} && ${+terminfo[rmkx]} )); then
+	autoload -Uz add-zle-hook-widget
+	function zle_application_mode_start { echoti smkx }
+	function zle_application_mode_stop { echoti rmkx }
+	add-zle-hook-widget -Uz zle-line-init zle_application_mode_start
+	add-zle-hook-widget -Uz zle-line-finish zle_application_mode_stop
+fi