diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5def8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 2.3.0; then
+    source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/2.3.0/direnvrc" "sha256-Dmd+j63L84wuzgyjITIfSxSD57Tx7v51DMxVZOsiUD8="
+fi
+use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92b2793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.direnv
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e2cacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681202837,
+        "narHash": "sha256-H+Rh19JDwRtpVPAWp64F+rlEtxUWBAQW28eAi3SRSzg=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "cfacdce06f30d2b68473a46042957675eebb3401",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1684464849,
+        "narHash": "sha256-f8th/GWE9M2hePTMZc0YyFboigt9AG/ioEcyHcdFK2I=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "b969a89c3e84a121c9b3af2e4ef277cd822b988a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f994536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  description = "A basic flake with a shell";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: let
+      pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+    in {
+      devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        packages = [ pkgs.gnumake ];
+      };
+    });
+}