diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba61a0fd..e1356070 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Mozilla Sync Storage built with [Rust](https://rust-lang.org).
 - MySQL 5.7 (or compatible)
   -\* libmysqlclient (`brew install mysql` on macOS, `apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev` on Ubuntu)
 - [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install)
+- Cmake
+- Pkg-config
+- Openssl
 
 Depending on your OS, you may also need to install `libgrpcdev`, and `protobuf-compiler-grpc`.
 
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..219e655a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes
+# package management reliable and reproducible: https://nixos.org/nix/.
+# This file is intended to be used with `nix-shell`
+# (https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-nix-shell) to setup a fully-functional
+# syncstorage-rs build environment by installing all required dependencies.
+with import <nixpkgs> {};
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "syncstorage-rs";
+  buildInputs = [
+    rustc
+    cargo
+    libmysqlclient
+    pkgconfig
+    openssl
+    cmake
+    protobuf
+    go
+  ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql";
+}