diff --git a/colorchord2/shell.nix b/colorchord2/shell.nix
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/colorchord2/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+let
+    localAdjustments = if (builtins.pathExists ./.local.shell.nix) then import ./.local.shell.nix pkgs else (x: x);
+in
+pkgs.mkShell (localAdjustments {
+    nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ 
+        gnumake
+        gcc
+        glib
+        libpulseaudio
+        alsa-lib
+        xorg.libX11
+        xorg.libXext
+        xorg.libXinerama
+        libusb1
+        udev
+        pkg-config
+    ];
+})