diff --git a/bin/duckduckgo b/bin/duckduckgo
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9da45945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/duckduckgo
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+urlencode() {
+    local LANG=C
+    for ((i=0;i<${#1};i++)); do
+        if [[ ${1:$i:1} =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9\.\~\_\-]$ ]]; then
+            printf "${1:$i:1}"
+        else
+            printf '%%%02X' "'${1:$i:1}"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+query=$(urlencode "$*")
+echo "Opening https://duckduckgo.com/?q=$query"
+open "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=$query"
diff --git a/shell/zsh/aliases.zsh b/shell/zsh/aliases.zsh
index ab56e642..d0cbfc46 100644
--- a/shell/zsh/aliases.zsh
+++ b/shell/zsh/aliases.zsh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ autoload -U zmv
 zman() { PAGER="less -g -s '+/^       "$1"'" man zshall; }
 alias ag='noglob ag'
 
+alias ddg='duckduckgo'
+
 # Canonical hex dump; some systems have this symlinked
 is-callable hd || alias hd="hexdump -C"