diff --git a/rc/profile b/rc/profile
index 180f5403..fc7d1cbd 100644
--- a/rc/profile
+++ b/rc/profile
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ if hash ruby 2>/dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # Set compose to menu, kill X with ctrl-alt-backspace,
-# disable nbsp (still available with compose-space-space.
-setxkbmap -option compose:menu -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp -option nbsp:none
+# disable nbsp (still available with compose-space-space,
+# make Caps Lock a backspace (Colemak)
+setxkbmap -option compose:menu -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp -option nbsp:none -option caps:backspace
 
 # Removes duplicates from $PATH. Copied from http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/14896
 PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | awk -v RS=':' -v ORS=":" '!a[$1]++{if (NR > 1) printf ORS; printf $a[$1]}')