diff --git a/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-option/.envrc b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-option/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d953f4bd735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-option/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use nix
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-option/shell.nix b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-option/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c779679a9b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-option/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+with import ../../../.. { };
+nixos-option.overrideAttrs (old: {
+  nativeBuildInputs = old.nativeBuildInputs ++ [
+    # hiprio so that it has a higher priority than the default unwrapped clang tools from clang if our stdenv is based on clang
+    (lib.hiPrio pkgs.buildPackages.clang-tools)
+  ];
+})