diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0b1a361..b7dd42c 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@
       path = ./fhs;
       description = "A simple flake but creating an fhs compliant environment";
     };
+
+    rust = {
+      path = ./rust;
+      description = "A simple flake with an overlay for rust";
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/rust/.envrc b/rust/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3550a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/rust/flake.nix b/rust/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8084cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    rust-overlay.url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, flake-utils, rust-overlay, ... }: flake-utils.lib.eachSystem [
+    "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-darwin"
+  ] (system: let
+    pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+      overlays = [ rust-overlay.overlays.default ];
+      inherit system;
+    };
+    in {
+      devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        packages = [ ];
+      };
+    });
+}