diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b7204f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use nix
+
+source .privenv || :
+
+export PATH=$PWD:$PWD/scripts:$PATH
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d78ec1..5b4092f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 *.o
 /.direnv/
-.envrc
+.privenv
 nostril
 /result
 configurator.out*