Exhibit 23.3



                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Mohawk Industries, Inc.:

  We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
  (No. 33-87998) on form S-8 for the Mohawk Carpet Corporation Retirement
  Savings Plan of Mohawk Industries, Inc. of our report dated May 12, 2000,
  relating to the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the
  Mohawk Carpet Corporation Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 1999 and
  1998, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan
  benefits for the year ended December 31,1999 and related supplemental
  schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 Annual report on form
  10k/A Amendment No. 1 of Mohawk Industries, Inc.



  /s/ KPMG LLP

  Atlanta, Georgia
  June 28, 2000

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