diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ceb80a61..b42eb345e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ sudo pacman -S git cmake gcc glslang vulkan-devel alsa-lib libx11 libxcursor vul
 sudo dnf install git cmake gcc-c++ glslang vulkan-loader-devel alsa-lib-devel libX11-devel libXcursor-devel vulkan-validation-layers-devel libglvnd-devel
 ```
 
+* NixOS
+```bash
+# use the dev flake
+cd linux/flake   
+nix develop
+```
+
 #### Compilation
 ```bash
 # 1st time build:
diff --git a/linux/flake/flake.lock b/linux/flake/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bb83cc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/flake/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1778869304,
+        "narHash": "sha256-30sZNZoA1cqF5JNO9fVX+wgiQYjB7HJqqJ4ztCDeBZE=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "d233902339c02a9c334e7e593de68855ad26c4cb",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/linux/flake/flake.nix b/linux/flake/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..826881145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/flake/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = {self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, ...}:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          config.allowUnfree = true;
+        };
+      in {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            git
+            cmake
+            glslang
+            addDriverRunpath
+          ];
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            alsa-lib
+            libX11
+            libXcursor
+            vulkan-headers
+            vulkan-loader
+            vulkan-validation-layers
+          ];
+        };
+      });
+}