diff --git a/nixos/layers/dev-nix.nix b/nixos/layers/dev-nix.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0830861d232012127f79b34aa38339c6b0dfd9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/layers/dev-nix.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    nix-prefetch-git
+    nix-prefetch-github
+  ];
+}