diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d953f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use nix
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 347d4b78..20e228a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ media/
 .cache
 
 # VSCode
-.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
+.direnv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be49fa83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+let
+  mach-nix = import
+    (builtins.fetchGit {
+      url = "https://github.com/DavHau/mach-nix";
+      ref = "refs/tags/3.5.0";
+    })
+    { };
+
+  requirements = builtins.readFile ./requirements.txt;
+
+  requirements-dev = ''
+    django-debug-toolbar
+    ipython
+    black
+    isort
+    flake8
+  '';
+in
+
+mach-nix.mkPythonShell {
+  requirements = requirements + requirements-dev;
+}