diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1724479785,
+        "narHash": "sha256-pP3Azj5d6M5nmG68Fu4JqZmdGt4S4vqI5f8te+E/FTw=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "d0e1602ddde669d5beb01aec49d71a51937ed7be",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1724811750,
+        "narHash": "sha256-PvhVgQ1rm3gfhK7ts4emprhh/KMkFwXogmgsQ3srR7g=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "6a1c4915dca7149e7258d8c7f3ac634d8c65f6c6",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "A very basic flake";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
+    rust-overlay = {
+      url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, rust-overlay, ... }:
+    let
+      # System types to support.
+      supportedSystems = [
+        "x86_64-linux"
+      ];
+
+      forAllSystems = function: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems
+        (system: function (import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          overlays = [ rust-overlay.overlays.default ];
+        }));
+    in
+    {
+      devShells = forAllSystems
+        (pkgs: {
+          default = import ./shell.nix {
+            inherit pkgs;
+            additionalBuildInputs = [
+              (pkgs.rust-bin.selectLatestNightlyWith (toolchain: toolchain.default))
+            ];
+          };
+        });
+    };
+}
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { }, additionalBuildInputs ? [ ] }:
+
+with pkgs;
+
+mkShell rec {
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    openssl
+  ];
+  buildInputs = additionalBuildInputs;
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs;
+}