diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd91c09817..38667b6b5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dist/
 \.#*
 *.swp
 .dir-locals.el
+.Rhistory
 result*
 /launch-*
 stack.yaml.lock
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index f7cc71f98c..b75b02ec4c 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ in
 , clusterProfile ? defaultCustomConfig.localCluster.profileName
 , autoStartCluster ? defaultCustomConfig.localCluster.autoStartCluster
 , workbenchDevMode ? defaultCustomConfig.localCluster.workbenchDevMode
+, withR ? false
 , customConfig ? {
     inherit withHoogle;
     localCluster =  {
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ let
         workbench = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/workbench { inherit useCabalRun; };
       };
 
+  rstudio = pkgs.rstudioWrapper.override {
+    packages = with pkgs.rPackages; [ car dplyr ggplot2 reshape2 ];
+  };
+
   shell =
     let cluster = mkCluster { useCabalRun = true; };
     in cardanoNodeProject.shellFor {
@@ -100,6 +105,10 @@ let
     [
       cluster.workbench.workbench
     ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withR
+    [
+      rstudio
+    ]
     ## Local cluster not available on Darwin,
     ## because psmisc fails to build on Big Sur.
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin)