diff --git a/dotfiles/zshrc.d/skelify.zsh b/dotfiles/zshrc.d/skelify.zsh
index 1bf13cc..f672c6c 100644
--- a/dotfiles/zshrc.d/skelify.zsh
+++ b/dotfiles/zshrc.d/skelify.zsh
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 # Skelify -- move a file to my .skel and setup symlinks
 
 function skelify {
+  local -A opts
+  zparseopts -D -A opts -overlay:
+
+  local overlay_name="${opts[--overlay]}"
+  local base_skel_dir="${HOME}/.skel/dotfiles"
+  local extra_args=()
+  if [[ -n "${overlay_name}" ]]; then
+    base_skel_dir="${HOME}/.skel/dotfile_overlays/${overlay_name}"
+    extra_args=(--overlay "${overlay_name}")
+  fi
+
   local target
   local whichdir
   local relhome
@@ -10,16 +21,19 @@ function skelify {
   local fulltarget
   for target in $~@; do
     if test -d ${target} ; then
-      skelify ${target}/* || return 1
+      skelify "${extra_args[@]}" ${target}/* || return 1
     elif test -f ${target} ; then
       if ! whichdir=$(cd $(dirname $target) && pwd); then
         echo Could not find directory for $target >/dev/stderr
         return 1
       fi
       fname=$(basename ${target})
-      relhome=${whichdir#${HOME}/}
       fulltarget="${whichdir}/${fname}"
-      if [[ ${relhome} == ${whichdir} ]] ; then
+      if [[ ${whichdir} == ${HOME} ]] ; then
+        relhome=""
+      elif [[ ${whichdir} == ${HOME}/* ]] ; then
+        relhome=${whichdir#${HOME}/}
+      else
         echo ${whichdir} is not in home >/dev/stderr
         return 1
       fi
@@ -32,7 +46,7 @@ function skelify {
         return 1
       fi
       echo ${target}
-      local skeldir="${HOME}/.skel/dotfiles/${relhome}"
+      local skeldir="${base_skel_dir}/${relhome}"
       mkdir -p "${skeldir}"
       mv ${target} "${skeldir}/${fname}"
       ln -s "${skeldir}/${fname}" "${fulltarget}"