diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6b850f2c..de944d44d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ pyvenv.cfg
 /.venv*
 /venv*
 /.env/
+/.direnv/
+.envrc
 
 # sensitive environment variables
 .env
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f5f869b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1676283394,
+        "narHash": "sha256-XX2f9c3iySLCw54rJ/CZs+ZK6IQy7GXNY4nSOyu2QG4=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "3db36a8b464d0c4532ba1c7dda728f4576d6d073",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1676721149,
+        "narHash": "sha256-mN2EpTGxxVNnFZLoLWRwh6f7UWhXy4qE+wO2CZyrXps=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "5f4e07deb7c44f27d498f8df9c5f34750acf52d2",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..503f9ceb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs = {
+      url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    };
+    flake-utils = {
+      url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    };
+  };
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, flake-utils, ... }: flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+    let
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+        inherit system;
+      };
+      python = pkgs.python310;
+      lib-path = with pkgs; lib.makeLibraryPath [
+        stdenv.cc.cc
+      ];
+
+
+    in
+    rec {
+      devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
+        buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          python
+          pre-commit
+          (python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [
+            virtualenvwrapper
+          ]))
+        ];
+        shellHook = ''
+          # Augment the dynamic linker path
+          export "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${lib-path}"
+
+          # Setup the virtual environment if it doesn't already exist.
+          VENV=.venv
+          if test ! -d $VENV; then
+            virtualenv $VENV
+            # Install Python dependencies
+            pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+            pip install -e .
+          fi
+          source ./$VENV/bin/activate
+          export PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/$VENV/${python.sitePackages}/:$PYTHONPATH
+
+          pre-commit install
+        '';
+
+      };
+    }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2504650ab..b5eba90ad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ ignore = [
   ".sourcery.yaml",
   ".zenodo.json",
   "codecov.yml",
+  "flake.nix",
+  "flake.lock",
   "readthedocs.yml",
   "requirements_dev.txt",
   "tox.ini",