diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d20b6487..60f51c838 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.pyc
+/result
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 926e059ab..72b45bedb 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ pkgs.python3.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
     psutil
   ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pkgs.file
+    pkgs.qemu
+  ];
+
   create_bridge = ./vmrunner/bin/create_bridge.sh;
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..721737901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1748026580,
+        "narHash": "sha256-rWtXrcIzU5wm/C8F9LWvUfBGu5U5E7cFzPYT1pHIJaQ=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "11cb3517b3af6af300dd6c055aeda73c9bf52c48",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "25.05",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bc15a6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  description = "A convenience wrapper around qemu for IncludeOS integration tests";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/25.05";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+    let
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      vmrunner = pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix {};
+    in {
+      packages.${system}.default = vmrunner;
+
+      devShells.${system}.default = import ./shell.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+
+      apps.${system}.default = {
+        type = "app";
+        program = "${vmrunner}/bin/boot";
+      };
+
+      lib.${system}.mkBoot = chainloader: pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+        name = "boot-with-chainloader";
+        paths = [ vmrunner ];
+        buildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+        postBuild = ''
+          wrapProgram $out/bin/boot \
+            --set INCLUDEOS_CHAINLOADER ${chainloader}/bin/
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+}