diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1659877975,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zllb8aq3YO3h8B/U0/J1WBgAL8EX5yWf5pMj3G0NAmc=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "c0e246b9b83f637f4681389ecabcb2681b4f3af0",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1656928814,
+        "narHash": "sha256-RIFfgBuKz6Hp89yRr7+NR5tzIAbn52h8vT6vXkYjZoM=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "7e2a3b3dfd9af950a856d66b0a7d01e3c18aa249",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "naersk": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1662136632,
+        "narHash": "sha256-RwW/aA3ueQPsilQLi7NOfUnn8MgM6WMV+oRpW+nkDMI=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "naersk",
+        "rev": "8d2f4d00cb24cda8e5bdd802b827a0eaeff34eec",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "naersk",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1662096612,
+        "narHash": "sha256-R+Q8l5JuyJryRPdiIaYpO5O3A55rT+/pItBrKcy7LM4=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "21de2b973f9fee595a7a1ac4693efff791245c34",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1659446231,
+        "narHash": "sha256-hekabNdTdgR/iLsgce5TGWmfIDZ86qjPhxDg/8TlzhE=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "eabc38219184cc3e04a974fe31857d8e0eac098d",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-21.11-small",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_3": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1659102345,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vbzlz254EMZvn28BhpN8JOi5EuKqnHZ3ujFYgFcSGvk=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "11b60e4f80d87794a2a4a8a256391b37c59a1ea7",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "naersk": "naersk",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1662173844,
+        "narHash": "sha256-+ZgW98Y8fZkgFSylE+Mzalumw+kw3SVivZznbJqQaj8=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "8ac6d40380dc4ec86f1ff591d5c14c8ae1d77a18",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "SurrealDB - a scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web";
+
+  inputs = {
+    # We have to use an older NixOS release here because `grpcio-sys` is not compatible with GCC 11
+    # See https://github.com/tikv/client-rust/issues/365
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-21.11-small";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    naersk.url = "github:nix-community/naersk";
+    rust-overlay.url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, flake-utils, naersk, nixpkgs, rust-overlay }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+
+        # Set the desired FoundationDB version here
+        # Specify only the major and minor parts using `major.minor` format
+        # You can find the versions available at
+        # https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=22.05&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=foundationdb
+        fdbVersion = "6.1";
+
+        pkgs = (import nixpkgs) {
+          inherit system;
+          overlays = [ rust-overlay.overlays.default ];
+        };
+
+        rustLatest = pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest;
+
+        naersk' = pkgs.callPackage naersk {
+          cargo = rustLatest.default;
+          rustc = rustLatest.default;
+        };
+
+        fdbPkgVersion = builtins.replaceStrings ["."] [""] fdbVersion;
+        fdbFeatureVersion = builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] fdbVersion;
+
+        commonArgs = {
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ pkg-config ];
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [ cmake perl protobuf openssl clang fdbPackages."foundationdb${fdbPkgVersion}" ];
+          LIBCLANG_PATH="${pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang.lib}/lib";
+        };
+
+      in rec {
+        # For `nix build` & `nix run`:
+        packages.default = naersk'.buildPackage (commonArgs // {
+          src = ./.;
+          cargoBuildOptions = options: options ++ [ ''--features "storage-tikv storage-fdb-${fdbFeatureVersion}"'' ];
+        });
+
+        # For `nix develop`
+        devShell = pkgs.mkShell (commonArgs // {
+          hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            rustLatest.default rustLatest.rustfmt rustLatest.clippy rust-analyzer
+          ];
+        });
+      }
+    );
+}