diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3550a30f2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2192dfc5e2..38bf29180d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ packages/
 nbproject/
 nbactions.xml
 nb-configuration.xml
+.direnv/
 
 .settings
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58322ec10ba..91d0c5a4f2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -263,6 +263,20 @@ If you don't have maven installed, you may directly use the included [maven wrap
 ./mvnw clean install
 ```
 
+#### Nix users
+
+If you're a nix user, you can enter OpenAPI Generator shell, by typing:
+```sh
+nix develop
+```
+It will enter a shell with Java 8 and Maven installed. 
+
+Direnv supports automatically loading of the nix developer shell, so if you're using direnv too, type:
+```sh
+direnv allow
+```
+and have `java` and `mvn` set up with correct versions each time you enter project directory.
+
 The default build contains minimal static analysis (via CheckStyle). To run your build with PMD and Spotbugs, use the `static-analysis` profile:
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da1901930c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1676283394,
+        "narHash": "sha256-XX2f9c3iySLCw54rJ/CZs+ZK6IQy7GXNY4nSOyu2QG4=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "3db36a8b464d0c4532ba1c7dda728f4576d6d073",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1678083093,
+        "narHash": "sha256-eTkS9GcdSAYA3cE9zCAAs9wY3+oM2zT45ydIkAcEFFQ=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "684306b246d05168e42425a3610df7e2c4d51fcd",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccc7357dbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  description = "OpenAPI generator nix flake";
+
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs";  
+  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell
+          {
+            buildInputs = with pkgs;[
+              jdk8
+              maven
+            ];
+          };
+      }
+    );
+}
+