diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93514f39..d865e78e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 - [Zig](https://ziglang.org/)
 
+Alternatively, if you have [nix](https://nixos.org/) installed, you can get the full development environment `nix develop`.
+
 ## ⚡ Wanna learn Zig fast?
 
 - [Zig language reference](https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/)
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a47c2bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-compat": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1673956053,
+        "narHash": "sha256-4gtG9iQuiKITOjNQQeQIpoIB6b16fm+504Ch3sNKLd8=",
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "rev": "35bb57c0c8d8b62bbfd284272c928ceb64ddbde9",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694529238,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "ff7b65b44d01cf9ba6a71320833626af21126384",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1659877975,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zllb8aq3YO3h8B/U0/J1WBgAL8EX5yWf5pMj3G0NAmc=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "c0e246b9b83f637f4681389ecabcb2681b4f3af0",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1697915759,
+        "narHash": "sha256-WyMj5jGcecD+KC8gEs+wFth1J1wjisZf8kVZH13f1Zo=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "51d906d2341c9e866e48c2efcaac0f2d70bfd43e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "zig": "zig"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "zig": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1698149298,
+        "narHash": "sha256-c+o5oUprm8wnJWV8wpBVMlSptSIYy7hCk/vJHjVH4KU=",
+        "owner": "mitchellh",
+        "repo": "zig-overlay",
+        "rev": "bbc407a319659eed86d97989ef50cc82e3677c45",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "mitchellh",
+        "repo": "zig-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28c5c41f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+    flake-utils = {
+      url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    };
+    zig = {
+      url = "github:mitchellh/zig-overlay";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, zig, ... }:
+    let
+      overlays = [ zig.overlays.default ];
+      # Support only systems supported by the zig overlay.
+      systems = builtins.attrNames zig.packages;
+    in
+    flake-utils.lib.eachSystem systems (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system overlays;
+        };
+      in
+      {
+        # format with `nix fmt`
+        formatter = pkgs.nixpkgs-fmt;
+
+        devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
+          # Add native packages needed to build the cairo vm here.
+          # You can find packages at https://search.nixos.org/packages
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            zigpkgs.master
+          ];
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}