diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 79a8fa409..e4ac3801b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /target
 **/*.rs.bk
-Cargo.lock
 /scratch
 docs/book
-.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
+/result
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6280488f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694529238,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "ff7b65b44d01cf9ba6a71320833626af21126384",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "gitignore": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694102001,
+        "narHash": "sha256-vky6VPK1n1od6vXbqzOXnekrQpTL4hbPAwUhT5J9c9E=",
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "gitignore.nix",
+        "rev": "9e21c80adf67ebcb077d75bd5e7d724d21eeafd6",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "gitignore.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1699099776,
+        "narHash": "sha256-X09iKJ27mGsGambGfkKzqvw5esP1L/Rf8H3u3fCqIiU=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "85f1ba3e51676fa8cc604a3d863d729026a6b8eb",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "gitignore": "gitignore",
+        "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/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee806e03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+  description = "Steel";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable"; # We want to use packages from the binary cache
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    gitignore = {
+      url = "github:hercules-ci/gitignore.nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = {
+    self,
+    nixpkgs,
+    flake-utils,
+    gitignore,
+  }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: let
+      inherit (gitignore.lib) gitignoreSource;
+      pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+
+      manifest = pkgs.lib.importTOML ./Cargo.toml;
+      steel = with pkgs;
+        rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+          pname = manifest.package.name;
+          version = manifest.workspace.package.version;
+          src = gitignoreSource ./.;
+          cargoLock.lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
+          buildInputs = [openssl] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security];
+          nativeBuildInputs = [
+            pkg-config
+          ];
+          # Test failing
+          doCheck = false;
+          postInstall = ''
+            mkdir $out/lib
+            export STEEL_HOME="$out/lib"
+            pushd cogs
+            $out/bin/steel install.scm
+            popd
+          '';
+        };
+    in rec {
+      packages.steel = steel;
+      legacyPackages = packages;
+      defaultPackage = packages.steel;
+      devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
+        buildInputs = with pkgs; [cargo];
+      };
+    });
+}