diff --git a/plugins/zoxide/README.md b/plugins/zoxide/README.md
index f326effe6..45f77bdf5 100644
--- a/plugins/zoxide/README.md
+++ b/plugins/zoxide/README.md
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ To use it, add `zoxide` to the plugins array in your `.zshrc` file:
 ```zsh
 plugins=(... zoxide)
 ```
+## Overriding `z` Alias
+
+You can set the `ZOXIDE_CMD_OVERRIDE`, which will be passed to the `--cmd` flag of `zoxide init`. This allows you to set your `z` command to a default of `cd`.
 
 **Note:** you have to [install zoxide](https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide#step-1-install-zoxide) first.
diff --git a/plugins/zoxide/zoxide.plugin.zsh b/plugins/zoxide/zoxide.plugin.zsh
index e5658b8f0..25d2e8377 100644
--- a/plugins/zoxide/zoxide.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/zoxide/zoxide.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if (( $+commands[zoxide] )); then
-  eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
+  eval "$(zoxide init --cmd ${ZOXIDE_CMD_OVERRIDE:-z} zsh)"
 else
   echo '[oh-my-zsh] zoxide not found, please install it from https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide'
 fi