diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index b09a0a9..e594909 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ Use your favorite package tool to install dependencies. For example, on Ubuntu:
 sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config libusb-1.0-0-dev cmake
 ```
 
+##### Alternative to install dependencies with nix
+
+Instead of having to manually install every dependency, it can be managed through [Nix](https://nixos.org/download/) / [Lix](https://lix.systems/install/).
+
+Before building the project, just use the following command: `nix develop`
+
 Then simply build like a normal CMake project:
 
 ```console
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd07a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1739302066,
+        "narHash": "sha256-G0n8Kg4fp5ySKtmnpD+97NwQYJWeC2iHvIukq4IIvyw=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "e3ade6a61ec8b56318877de06846d59d86eb2565",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "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 0000000..8556c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  description = "A flake for compiling picotool from Raspberry Pi";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachSystem [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "aarch64-darwin" "x86_64-darwin"] (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+
+        picoSdk = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "raspberrypi";
+          repo = "pico-sdk";
+          rev = "master"; 
+          sha256 = "0qzj3x7vqrflirgbxmji2m5fqxha7ib95nsg6glhpn7id7lkb9s0";
+        };
+
+        commonDeps = [ 
+          pkgs.cmake
+          pkgs.libusb1
+        ];
+
+        macDeps = [
+          pkgs.llvmPackages.clang
+          pkgs.libiconv
+        ];
+
+        linuxDeps = [
+          pkgs.gcc
+        ];
+
+        buildDeps = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then commonDeps ++ macDeps else commonDeps ++ linuxDeps;
+
+      in {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = buildDeps;
+        shellHook = ''
+              export PICO_SDK_PATH=${picoSdk}
+              echo "PICO_SDK_PATH set to ${picoSdk}"
+            '';
+        };
+      });
+}