diff --git a/.emacs b/.emacs
index 091bfb8..6dd6485 100644
--- a/.emacs
+++ b/.emacs
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 	(interactive)
 	(save-buffer)
 	(TeX-command "LaTeX" 'TeX-master-file -1))
+  (setq TeX-command-extra-options "-shell-escape")
   (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
 			(lambda () (local-set-key (kbd "C-z") 'my-tex)
 			  (local-set-key (kbd "C-c e") 'tex-close-latex-block))))