diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 0f94eed..a7a9086 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# the shebang is ignored, but nice for editors
+
 # shellcheck shell=bash
-use flake
+if type -P lorri &>/dev/null; then
+  eval "$(lorri direnv --flake .)"
+else
+  echo 'while direnv evaluated .envrc, could not find the command "lorri" [https://github.com/nix-community/lorri]'
+  use flake
+fi
+
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a57fe5a..71c3347 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
     devShells = forEachSystem' ({ system, pkgs, ... }: {
       default = pkgs.mkShell {
         packages = [
+          pkgs.direnv
+          pkgs.lorri
+
           inputs.agenix.packages.${system}.agenix
 
           pkgs.opentofu