diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index aad51ee0..e28b1755 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export ISO=".#nixosConfigurations.niximg.config.system.build.isoImage"
+use nix
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5c4214e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    nixFlakes
+  ];
+
+  NIX_CONF_DIR = let
+    current = pkgs.lib.optionalString (builtins.pathExists /etc/nix/nix.conf)
+      (builtins.readFile /etc/nix/nix.conf);
+
+    nixConf = pkgs.writeTextDir "opt/nix.conf" ''
+      ${current}
+      experimental-features = nix-command flakes ca-references
+    '';
+  in
+    "${nixConf}/opt";
+}