diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d953f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use nix
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1754b5a..1e7aaa6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 *.cache
 *.ebf
+.direnv
diff --git a/scripts/deps.sh b/scripts/deps.sh
index d904017a..dcbe0fac 100755
--- a/scripts/deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/deps.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Check if we are on Debian or Fedora, and call either deps.debian.sh or deps.fedora.sh
 
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c774b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+with import <nixpkgs> {};
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "env";
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    SDL2_ttf
+    SDL2_gfx
+    SDL2_image
+    libffi
+    zlib
+    python3
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/src/base/eve/Makefile b/src/base/eve/Makefile
index 5fa184c6..b9aac4b4 100644
--- a/src/base/eve/Makefile
+++ b/src/base/eve/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Compiler and linker options
 CC := gcc
-CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -fPIC -MMD $(shell sdl2-config --cflags)
-LDFLAGS := -lm -shared $(shell sdl2-config --libs)
+CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -fPIC -MMD $(shell pkg-config --cflags sdl2 SDL2_ttf SDL2_gfx SDL2_image)
+LDFLAGS := -lm -shared $(shell pkg-config --libs sdl2 SDL2_ttf SDL2_gfx SDL2_image)
 LIBS := -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_gfx
 
 # Source files and object files