diff --git a/base.nix b/base.nix
index d16ec01..5dea373 100644
--- a/base.nix
+++ b/base.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@
     LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
   };
 
-
+i18n.inputMethod = {
+  enable = true;
+  type = "ibus";
+  ibus.engines = with pkgs.ibus-engines; [ pinyin libpinyin  anthy ];
+ };
 
 # doesn't work
 #  i18n.inputMethod = {