diff --git a/dotfiles/emacs.d/init.el b/dotfiles/emacs.d/init.el
index 0be9387..d458d12 100644
--- a/dotfiles/emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/dotfiles/emacs.d/init.el
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@
 (setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
 
 ;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+;; Conditionally load urxvt files to fix weird bindings
+;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+;; This code doesn't fix anything related to emacs -nw not allowing C-) in terminal
+;; mode. Currently looking for solutions so I don't have to keep using C-<left>
+;; and C-<right>
+;;
+;; (when (string= (getenv "TERM") "rxvt")
+;;   (load "term/rxvt")
+;;   (terminal-init-rxvt)
+;;   (load "~/.emacs.d/urxvt-bindings.el")
+;;   )
+
+;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Enable auto-refresh to keep buffers up to date when git or another program
 ;; modifies them
 ;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/dotfiles/emacs.d/urxvt-bindings.el b/dotfiles/emacs.d/urxvt-bindings.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eea6b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/emacs.d/urxvt-bindings.el
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+;; This file adds the missing escape sequences for urxvt so emacs -nw
+;; will work with Ctrl+Shift, Ctrl+Meta, etc sequences.
+;;
+;; Credit for the original code goes to Gilles on emacs.stackexchange.com
+;;
+
+(defun character-apply-modifiers (c &rest modifiers)
+  "Apply modifiers to the character C.
+MODIFIERS must be a list of symbols amongst (meta control shift).
+Return an event vector."
+  (if (memq 'control modifiers) (setq c (if (or (and (<= ?@ c) (<= c ?_))
+                                                (and (<= ?a c) (<= c ?z)))
+                                            (logand c ?\x1f)
+                                          (logior (lsh 1 26) c))))
+  (if (memq 'meta modifiers) (setq c (logior (lsh 1 27) c)))
+  (if (memq 'shift modifiers) (setq c (logior (lsh 1 25) c)))
+  (vector c))
+(defun eval-after-load-urxvt ()
+  (when (and (boundp 'rxvt-alternatives-map) (boundp 'rxvt-function-map))
+    (let ((c 32))
+      (while (<= c 126)
+        (mapc (lambda (x)
+                (define-key rxvt-function-map (format (car x) c)
+                  (apply 'character-apply-modifiers c (cdr x))))
+              '(
+                ("\e\[27;3;%d~" meta)
+                ("\e\[27;5;%d~" control)
+                ("\e\[27;6;%d~" control shift)
+                ("\e\[27;7;%d~" control meta)
+                ("\e\[27;8;%d~" control meta shift)
+
+                ("\e\[%d;3~" meta)
+                ("\e\[%d;5~" control)
+                ("\e\[%d;6~" control shift)
+                ("\e\[%d;7~" control meta)
+                ("\e\[%d;8~" control meta shift)))
+        (setq c (1+ c))))))
+(eval-after-load "rxvt" '(eval-after-load-urxvt))