diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..086ce9bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+NBS_ONLY_LOAD_ENV_VARS=1 source env.sh
+
+if command -v nix > /dev/null
+then
+  export NIMBUS_NIX_ENV=1
+
+  cd nix
+  # watch_file tells direnv that changes to any of the watched files
+  # should trigger a re-evalution of the environment
+  watch_file flake.nix
+  watch_file flake.lock
+  watch_file shell.nix
+
+  mkdir -p .flake-profiles
+  eval "$(nix print-dev-env --profile ".flake-profiles/profile")"
+fi
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diff --git a/nix/.gitignore b/nix/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0500e4799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Local file unique for each user
+.flake-profiles/
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diff --git a/nix/flake.lock b/nix/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..788369f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1659877975,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zllb8aq3YO3h8B/U0/J1WBgAL8EX5yWf5pMj3G0NAmc=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "c0e246b9b83f637f4681389ecabcb2681b4f3af0",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1659446231,
+        "narHash": "sha256-hekabNdTdgR/iLsgce5TGWmfIDZ86qjPhxDg/8TlzhE=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "eabc38219184cc3e04a974fe31857d8e0eac098d",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-21.11",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/nix/flake.nix b/nix/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9f8a6c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  description = "nimbus-eth2";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-21.11;
+    flake-utils.url = github:numtide/flake-utils;
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.simpleFlake {
+      inherit self nixpkgs;
+      name = "nimbus-eth2";
+      shell = ./shell.nix;
+    };
+}
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diff --git a/nix/shell.nix b/nix/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80fedbcd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+with pkgs;
+  mkShell {
+    buildInputs =
+      [
+        figlet
+        git
+        gnumake
+        rocksdb
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
+        lsb-release
+      ];
+
+    shellHook = ''
+      # By default, the Nix wrapper scripts for executing the system compilers
+      # will erase `-march=native` because this introduces impurity in the build.
+      # For the purposes of compiling Nimbus, this behavior is not desired:
+      export NIX_ENFORCE_NO_NATIVE=0
+
+      figlet "Welcome to Nimbus-eth1"
+    '';
+  }