diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18afce75372b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+  "name": "nixpkgs",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2-linux",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/nix:1": {
+      "multiUser": false
+    }
+  },
+  "remoteEnv": {
+    "NIXPKGS": "/workspaces/nixpkgs"
+  }
+}