diff --git a/direnv/.envrc b/direnv/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c702436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direnv/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if has nix_direnv_version; then
+  use flake
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/direnv/flake.nix b/direnv/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1df77ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/direnv/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  description = "An empty devshell with direnv support";
+
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:auxolotl/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+
+  outputs =
+    { nixpkgs, ... }:
+    let
+      forAllSystems =
+        function:
+        nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs [
+          "x86_64-linux"
+          "aarch64-linux"
+          "x86_64-darwin"
+          "aarch64-darwin"
+        ] (system: function nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+    in
+    {
+      devShells = forAllSystems (pkgs: {
+        default = pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
+          packages = [ pkgs.hello ];
+          EXAMPLE_VAR = "inside the direnv template";
+          shellHook = ''
+            echo "Hello from $EXAMPLE_VAR, $(whoami)!"
+          '';
+        };
+      });
+    };
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 574347b..f4918c9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     in
     {
       templates = {
-        default = self.templates.direnv;
+        default = self.templates.system;
         system = {
           path = ./system;
           description = "";
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
           path = ./darwin;
           description = "";
         };
+        direnv = {
+          path = ./direnv;
+          description = "An empty devshell with direnv support";
+        };
       };
       formatter = forAllSystems (pkgs: pkgs.nixfmt-rfc-style);
     };