diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
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+use nix
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diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
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+let
+ moz_overlay = import (builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/archive/master.tar.gz);
+  nixpkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [ moz_overlay ]; };
+  nightly = ((nixpkgs.rustChannelOf { date = "2019-09-01"; channel = "nightly"; }).rust.override { extensions = [ "rust-src" "rls-preview" "clippy-preview" "rust-analysis" "rustfmt-preview" ];});
+in
+with nixpkgs;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "nushell-rust";
+  buildInputs = [ nightly openssl_1_1 pkg-config ];
+}