diff --git a/.set_compose_key.sh b/.set_compose_key.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3dd227f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.set_compose_key.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Since all keyboards does not include the same keys, the compose key
+# should be customized. In order to achieve that, this script requires
+# a symbolic link to point to a file containing the name of the key that
+# will be used as a compose key.
+
+COMPOSE_KEY_FILE="$HOME/compose_key"
+
+if [ -f "$COMPOSE_KEY_FILE" ]; then
+    COMPOSE_KEY=$(cat "$COMPOSE_KEY_FILE")
+    setxkbmap -option "compose:$COMPOSE_KEY"
+fi
diff --git a/.xprofile b/.xprofile
index 88523d5..562e674 100644
--- a/.xprofile
+++ b/.xprofile
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 [ -f /etc/xprofile ] && . /etc/xprofile
 [ -f ~/.Xresources ] && xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
 [ -f ~/.setpath.sh ] && . ~/.setpath.sh
-
-setxkbmap -option compose:rwin
-setxkbmap -option compose:menu
+[ -f ~/.set_compose_key.sh ] && . ~/.set_compose_key.sh
 
 hash xcompmgr 2>/dev/null && xcompmgr &
 hash xscreensaver 2>/dev/null && xscreensaver -no-splash &
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 3a0e56e..5fef728 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ pgrep -x -u "${USER}" gpg-agent >/dev/null 2>&1 && export SSH_AGENT_PID=$(pgrep
 # Aliases
 [ -f "$HOME/.aliases" ] && . "$HOME/.aliases"
 
+# Compose key
+[ -f ~/.set_compose_key.sh ] && . ~/.set_compose_key.sh
+
 # Pew
 hash pew 2>/dev/null && source $(pew shell_config)
 
diff --git a/compose/menu b/compose/menu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4a6a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/menu
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+menu
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose/rwin b/compose/rwin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2618a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/rwin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rwin
\ No newline at end of file