diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/default.nix b/hosts/common/programs/default.nix
index f210a1f9..60e9f83f 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/default.nix
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     ./xdg-desktop-portal-wlr.nix
     ./xdg-terminal-exec.nix
     ./xdg-utils.nix
+    ./zathura.nix
     ./zeal.nix
     ./zecwallet-lite.nix
     ./zsh
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/zathura.nix b/hosts/common/programs/zathura.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17a20ec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/zathura.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ ... }:
+{
+  sane.programs.zathura = {
+    sandbox.method = "bwrap";
+    sandbox.wrapperType = "inplace";  #< wrapper sets ZATHURA_PLUGINS_PATH to $out/lib/...
+    sandbox.whitelistDri = true;
+    sandbox.whitelistWayland = true;
+    sandbox.autodetectCliPaths = "existingFile";
+    persist.byStore.plaintext = [
+      # history, bookmarks
+      ".local/share/zathura"
+    ];
+
+    mime.associations."application/pdf" = "org.pwmt.zathura.desktop";
+    mime.associations."application/vnd.comicbook+zip" = "org.pwmt.zathura.desktop";  # .cbz
+    mime.associations."application/vnd.comicbook-rar" = "org.pwmt.zathura.desktop";  # .cbr
+  };
+}
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
index 98839446..1e4f2f80 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ in
     "dialect"  # language translation
     "dino"  # XMPP client
     # "emote"
-    "evince"  # works on phosh
+    # "evince"  # PDF viewer
     # "flare-signal"  # gtk4 signal client
     # "foliate"  # e-book reader
     "fractal"  # matrix client
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ in
     "vulkan-tools"  # vulkaninfo
     # "whalebird"  # pleroma client (Electron). input is broken on phosh.
     "xdg-terminal-exec"
+    "zathura"  # PDF/CBZ/ePUB viewer
   ];
 
   sane.programs.handheldGuiApps = declPackageSet [