diff --git a/plugins/osx/osx.plugin.zsh b/plugins/osx/osx.plugin.zsh
index 950fcbd94..8a004775c 100644
--- a/plugins/osx/osx.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/osx/osx.plugin.zsh
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ function spotify() {
           len=${#array[@]};
           SPOTIFY_SEARCH_API="https://api.spotify.com/v1/search"
           SPOTIFY_PLAY_URI="";
+          SPOTIFY_CALL_TOKEN=$(python2 -c "import base64; print base64.standard_b64encode('$SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID:$SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET')")
+          SPOTIFY_OAUTH_TOKEN=$(curl -s -X "POST" -H "Authorization: Basic $SPOTIFY_CALL_TOKEN" -d grant_type=client_credentials https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['access_token']")
           SPOTIFY_AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $SPOTIFY_OAUTH_TOKEN"
 
           searchAndPlay() {
diff --git a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
index af42e5b9f..f912f15e8 100644
--- a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
+++ b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 
 # User configuration
 
+# Uncomment the following lines if you want to enable spotify search.
+# Spotify data can be found creating an app in https://developer.spotify.com/my-applications
+# SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+# SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+
 # export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH"
 
 # You may need to manually set your language environment