diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec4610be..f27e5f8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,61 @@ tags
 config.json
 powerline-shell.json
 .DS_Store
+
+# editors
 *sublime*
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
diff --git a/powerline_shell/colortrans.py b/powerline_shell/colortrans.py
index 1c385522..c1e991b0 100755
--- a/powerline_shell/colortrans.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/colortrans.py
@@ -100,19 +100,19 @@ def rgbstring2tuple(s):
     (95, 135, 215): 68,
     (95, 135, 255): 69,
     (95, 175, 0):   70,
-    (95, 175, 95) : 71,
+    (95, 175, 95):  71,
     (95, 175, 135): 72,
     (95, 175, 175): 73,
     (95, 175, 215): 74,
     (95, 175, 255): 75,
     (95, 215, 0):   76,
-    (95, 215, 95) : 77,
+    (95, 215, 95):  77,
     (95, 215, 135): 78,
     (95, 215, 175): 79,
     (95, 215, 215): 80,
     (95, 215, 255): 81,
     (95, 255, 0):   82,
-    (95, 255, 95) : 83,
+    (95, 255, 95):  83,
     (95, 255, 135): 84,
     (95, 255, 175): 85,
     (95, 255, 215): 86,
diff --git a/powerline_shell/segments/kube_context.py b/powerline_shell/segments/kube_context.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8285b89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powerline_shell/segments/kube_context.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+Shows the exported kubectl context
+e.g $ export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config-staging-cluster
+"""
+from ..utils import BasicSegment
+import os
+
+
+class Segment(BasicSegment):
+    def add_to_powerline(self):
+        kube_context = os.environ.get("KUBECONFIG")
+        if kube_context:
+            self.powerline.append(" kctx:%s " % os.path.basename(kube_context),
+                                  self.powerline.theme.KUBE_CONTEXT_FG,
+                                  self.powerline.theme.KUBE_CONTEXT_BG)
+
diff --git a/powerline_shell/themes/basic.py b/powerline_shell/themes/basic.py
index bd4d2f9e..71e32f15 100644
--- a/powerline_shell/themes/basic.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/themes/basic.py
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ class Color(DefaultColor):
 
     TIME_FG = 8
     TIME_BG = 7
+
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_FG = 14
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_BG = 8
+
diff --git a/powerline_shell/themes/default.py b/powerline_shell/themes/default.py
index da0c0034..fa089ae2 100644
--- a/powerline_shell/themes/default.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/themes/default.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class DefaultColor(object):
     TIME_FG = 250
     TIME_BG = 238
 
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_FG = 38
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_BG = 239
+
 
 class Color(DefaultColor):
     """
diff --git a/powerline_shell/themes/gruvbox.py b/powerline_shell/themes/gruvbox.py
index 1326ea46..e5b9a03d 100644
--- a/powerline_shell/themes/gruvbox.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/themes/gruvbox.py
@@ -109,3 +109,7 @@ class Color(DefaultColor):
 
     TIME_FG = light2
     TIME_BG = dark4
+
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_FG = neutral_blue
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_BG = dark2
+
diff --git a/powerline_shell/themes/solarized_dark.py b/powerline_shell/themes/solarized_dark.py
index ec0f41bf..3f1dccb7 100644
--- a/powerline_shell/themes/solarized_dark.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/themes/solarized_dark.py
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ class Color(DefaultColor):
 
     TIME_FG = 15
     TIME_BG = 10
+
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_FG = 7
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_BG = 2
+
diff --git a/powerline_shell/themes/washed.py b/powerline_shell/themes/washed.py
index d2935095..19f06df1 100644
--- a/powerline_shell/themes/washed.py
+++ b/powerline_shell/themes/washed.py
@@ -42,3 +42,6 @@ class Color(DefaultColor):
 
     TIME_FG = 8
     TIME_BG = 7
+
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_FG = 0
+    KUBE_CONTEXT_BG = 7