diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 158ce5d..91b1dd1 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export KUBECONFIG="$(expand_path ./kubeconfig)"
 export SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE="$(expand_path ./age.key)"
 export TALOSCONFIG="$(expand_path ./talosconfig.yaml)"
 export OMNICONFIG="$(expand_path ./omniconfig.yaml)"
+use nix
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9737ad..8c25628 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 .private/
 .venv/
 .terraform
+.direnv
 *.tfvars
 .decrypted~*
 *.agekey
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5149c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  packages = [
+    pkgs.k9s
+    pkgs.kubectl
+    pkgs.kubevirt
+  ];
+}