diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f595e66e..3a84b3a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ build
 obj
 lux
 
+# autotools
+autom4te.cache
+
 # Linux executables (files without extensions)
 *
 !*/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 04504df1..ce51fa11 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
 # override LDFLAGS += $(LLVM_LDFLAGS)
 
 # # Detect platform and define commands
-include config.mk
+include config.default.mk
 
 # Detect platform and define commands
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-	SHELL := cmd.exe
+	SHELL ?= cmd.exe
 	MKDIR = if not exist "$(subst /,\,$1)" mkdir "$(subst /,\,$1)"
 	RMDIR = if exist "$(subst /,\,$1)" rmdir /s /q "$(subst /,\,$1)"
 	DEL   = if exist "$(subst /,\,$1)" del /q "$(subst /,\,$1)"
 	EXE   = .exe
 	PATHSEP = \\
 else
-	SHELL := /bin/sh
+	SHELL ?= /bin/sh
 	MKDIR = mkdir -p $1
 	RMDIR = rm -rf $1
 	DEL   = rm -f $1
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ endif
 
 BIN := luma$(EXE)
 
-.PHONY: all clean debug test llvm-test
+ifneq ($(wildcard config.mk),)
+include config.mk
+endif
+
+.PHONY: all clean debug test check llvm-test
 
 all: $(BIN)
 
@@ -48,7 +52,10 @@ debug: all
 # Test targets
 test: $(BIN)
 	@echo "Running basic tests..."
-	./$(BIN) --help
+	./$(BIN) --help || true # non-zero exit code expected
+
+# Alias
+check: test
 
 llvm-test: $(BIN)
 	@echo "Testing LLVM IR generation..."
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.default.mk
similarity index 81%
rename from config.mk
rename to config.default.mk
index 839f6bcc..94e05051 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.default.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# config.mk
+# config.default.mk
 
-CC       = g++
-CFLAGS   = -Wall -Wextra -std=c17 -Wno-unused-variable -O2 -x c  # -x c tells g++ to treat files as C code
-LDFLAGS  = 
-INCLUDES = -Isrc
+CC       ?= g++
+CFLAGS   ?= -Wall -Wextra -std=c17 -Wno-unused-variable -O2 -x c  # -x c tells g++ to treat files as C code
+LDFLAGS  ?= 
+INCLUDES ?= -Isrc
 
 # LLVM configuration - request all necessary components
 LLVM_CFLAGS := $(shell llvm-config --cflags)
diff --git a/config.mk.in b/config.mk.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ade6a945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.mk.in
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+CC = @CXX@
+CFLAGS += @CXXFLAGS@
+LDFLAGS += @LDFLAGS@
+PREFIX = @prefix@
+
+INSTALL ?= install
+DESTDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
+
+.PHONY: install
+
+install: $(BIN)
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)
+	$(INSTALL) -s -m 0755 $(BIN) $(DESTDIR)/$(BIN)
+	@echo "Installed to $(DESTDIR)/$(BIN)"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b798f135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+AC_INIT([luma], [git], [https://github.com/TheDevConnor/Luma])
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c]) # sanity check to make sure someone didn't pass a garbage --srcdir
+#AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.16 dist-bzip2])
+
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_LANG(C++)
+AC_SUBST(CXX)
+# connor, i have no idea why you're expecting CC to be a C++ compiler.
+# that's what CXX is for.
+
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS" # grab any env for flags
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+AC_SUBST(CXXFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS)
+
+AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr/local)
+AC_SUBST(prefix)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([config.mk])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09acb8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv
+, pkg-config
+, llvmPackages
+, autoconf
+, doxygen
+, graphviz-nox
+}:
+
+llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "luma";
+  version = "0.0.0"; # TODO: versioning
+
+  src = ./.;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoconf
+    doxygen
+    graphviz-nox
+  ];
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "doc"
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    autoconf
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    doxygen Doxyfile
+    mv docs/doxygen $doc 
+  '';
+  
+  buildInputs = [
+    llvmPackages.libllvm
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+}
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e54e9ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "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": 1762361079,
+        "narHash": "sha256-lz718rr1BDpZBYk7+G8cE6wee3PiBUpn8aomG/vLLiY=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "ffcdcf99d65c61956d882df249a9be53e5902ea5",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "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 00000000..1112ddb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  description = "Luma";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }: flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+    let
+      pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+    in
+    {
+      packages = rec {
+        default = luma;
+        luma = pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix { };
+      };
+    }
+  );
+}