diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a714851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if command -v nix &> /dev/null; then
+    use flake
+fi
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0fa4230..f5d74e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 
 # Leave this in here for older zig versions
 /zig-cache/
+/.direnv/