diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile
index 4c9012a..3e38fe6 100644
--- a/Brewfile
+++ b/Brewfile
@@ -126,3 +126,4 @@ brew "go"
 brew "weechat" # need an IRC client
 brew "tflint" # terraform linter
 brew "ktlint" # kotlin linter
+brew "cmake" # compiler, was needed for compiling YouCompleteMe, see https://github.com/ycm-core/YouCompleteMe
diff --git a/dot_scripts/bootstrap.sh b/dot_scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 4fb3baa..17d2f63 100755
--- a/dot_scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/dot_scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -107,8 +107,11 @@ ln -snf ~/Code/dotfiles/dot_zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh ~/.zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh
 
 git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
 vim +PluginInstall +qall
-git clone https://github.com/dbeniamine/cheat.sh-vim.git ~/.vim/cheat.sh-vim
+cd ~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe
+./install.py --clang-completer
+cd ~/
 
+git clone https://github.com/dbeniamine/cheat.sh-vim.git ~/.vim/cheat.sh-vim
 
 # Install no-more-secrets
 git clone https://github.com/bartobri/no-more-secrets.git ~/Code/no-more-secrets
diff --git a/dot_scripts/upgrade.sh b/dot_scripts/upgrade.sh
index 8b90631..64d0ba4 100755
--- a/dot_scripts/upgrade.sh
+++ b/dot_scripts/upgrade.sh
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ pip list --outdated --format=freeze | grep -v '^\-e' | cut -d = -f 1  | xargs -n
 pip freeze > ~/requirements.txt
 # Update VIM plugins installed via Vundle https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim
 vim +PluginUpdate +qall
+
diff --git a/dot_vimrc b/dot_vimrc
index 76b7df4..70563e4 100644
--- a/dot_vimrc
+++ b/dot_vimrc
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ Plugin 'dbeniamine/cheat.sh-vim'
 Plugin 'hashivim/vim-terraform'
 " A solid language pack for Vim. support for kotlin, terraform, groovy, ...
 Plugin 'sheerun/vim-polyglot'
+
+Plugin 'Valloric/YouCompleteMe'
+
 " All of your Plugins must be added before the following line
 call vundle#end()
 filetype plugin indent on    " required