diff --git a/core/src/external/mod.rs b/core/src/external/mod.rs
index 7ff19ab0..2b69b019 100644
--- a/core/src/external/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/external/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod file;
 mod fzf;
 mod jq;
 mod lsar;
+mod pdftotext;
 mod rg;
 mod unar;
 mod zoxide;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ pub use file::*;
 pub use fzf::*;
 pub use jq::*;
 pub use lsar::*;
+pub use pdftotext::*;
 pub use rg::*;
 pub use unar::*;
 pub use zoxide::*;
diff --git a/core/src/external/pdftotext.rs b/core/src/external/pdftotext.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae38ac0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/external/pdftotext.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+use tokio::process::Command;
+
+pub async fn pdftotext(path: &Path) -> Result<String> {
+	let output = Command::new("pdftotext")
+		.args(["-l", "10", "-nopgbrk", "-q", "--"])
+		.arg(path)
+        .arg("-")
+		.kill_on_drop(true)
+		.output()
+		.await?;
+
+	if !output.status.success() {
+		bail!("failed to get json: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+	}
+	Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string())
+}
diff --git a/core/src/manager/preview.rs b/core/src/manager/preview.rs
index b634cb12..4334fd06 100644
--- a/core/src/manager/preview.rs
+++ b/core/src/manager/preview.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ impl Preview {
 				MimeKind::JSON => Self::json(&path).await.map(PreviewData::Text),
 				MimeKind::Text => Self::highlight(&path).await.map(PreviewData::Text),
 				MimeKind::Image => Self::image(&path).await,
+				MimeKind::Pdf => Self::pdf(&path).await.map(PreviewData::Text),
 				MimeKind::Video => Self::video(&path).await,
 				MimeKind::Archive => Self::archive(&path).await.map(PreviewData::Text),
 				MimeKind::Others => Err(anyhow!("Unsupported mimetype: {}", mime)),
@@ -128,6 +129,17 @@ impl Preview {
 		)
 	}
 
+    pub async fn pdf(path: &Path) -> Result<String> {
+		Ok(
+			external::pdftotext(path)
+				.await?
+				.lines()
+				.take(Self::rect().height as usize)
+				.collect::<Vec<_>>()
+				.join("\n"),
+		)
+	}
+
 	pub async fn archive(path: &Path) -> Result<String> {
 		Ok(
 			external::lsar(path)
diff --git a/shared/src/mime.rs b/shared/src/mime.rs
index 1b212dd9..33a13b2f 100644
--- a/shared/src/mime.rs
+++ b/shared/src/mime.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub enum MimeKind {
 	Text,
 	Image,
 	Video,
+    Pdf,
 	Archive,
 	Others,
 }
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ impl MimeKind {
 			"message" => true,
 			"model" => true,
 			"multipart" => true,
+            "pdf" => true,
 			"text" => true,
 			"video" => true,
 			_ => false,
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ impl MimeKind {
 			Self::Dir
 		} else if s == "application/json" {
 			Self::JSON
+		} else if s == "application/pdf" {
+			Self::Pdf
 		} else if s.starts_with("text/") || s.ends_with("/xml") {
 			Self::Text
 		} else if s.starts_with("image/") {