diff --git a/buildscripts/nixos_qtox.nix b/buildscripts/nixos_qtox.nix
index 0e8651332..46e9eaf1a 100644
--- a/buildscripts/nixos_qtox.nix
+++ b/buildscripts/nixos_qtox.nix
@@ -1,67 +1,7 @@
-let
-  overlay = final: prev:
-    # a fixed point overay for overriding a package set
-
-    with final; {
-      # use the final result of the overlay for scope
-
-      libtoxcore =
-        # build a custom libtoxcore
-        prev.libtoxcore.overrideAttrs ({ ... }: {
-          src = fetchFromGitHub {
-            owner = "zoff99";
-            repo = "c-toxcore";
-            rev = "4932f9dcf7181d30a0abb4a12b1144ccb1a741fa";
-            fetchSubmodules = true;
-            sha256 = "sha256-cNVUZe4xfl88quk8Tm6jeG4ov1L6q/wh81WZIotVbnk=";
-          };
-          buildInputs = [
-            libsodium msgpack ncurses libconfig
-            libopus libvpx x264 ffmpeg
-          ];
-        });
-
-      toxext =
-        # use an existing package or package it here
-        prev.toxext or stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-          pname = "toxext";
-          version = "0.0.3";
-          src = fetchFromGitHub {
-            owner = pname;
-            repo = pname;
-            rev = "v${version}";
-            hash = "sha256-I0Ay3XNf0sxDoPFBH8dx1ywzj96Vnkqzlu1xXsxmI1M=";
-          };
-          nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-          buildInputs = [ libtoxcore ];
-        };
-
-      toxextMessages =
-        # use an existing package or package it here
-        prev.toxextMessages or stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-          pname = "tox_extension_messages";
-          version = "0.0.3";
-          src = fetchFromGitHub {
-            owner = "toxext";
-            repo = pname;
-            rev = "v${version}";
-            hash = "sha256-qtjtEsvNcCArYW/Zyr1c0f4du7r/WJKNR96q7XLxeoA=";
-          };
-          nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-          buildInputs = [ libtoxcore toxext ];
-        };
-
-      qtox = prev.qtox.overrideAttrs ({ buildInputs, ... }: {
-        version = "push_notification-";
-        # take sources directly from this repo checkout
-        buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ curl libtoxcore toxext toxextMessages ];
-      });
-
-    };
-
-in { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { } }:
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { } }:
 # take nixpkgs from the environment
 let
+  overlay = import ./overlay.nix;
   pkgs' = pkgs.extend overlay;
   # apply overlay
 in pkgs'.qtox
diff --git a/buildscripts/overlay.nix b/buildscripts/overlay.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3ef217d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildscripts/overlay.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+final: prev:
+# a fixed point overay for overriding a package set
+
+with final; {
+  # use the final result of the overlay for scope
+
+  libtoxcore =
+    # build a custom libtoxcore
+    prev.libtoxcore.overrideAttrs ({ ... }: {
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "zoff99";
+        repo = "c-toxcore";
+        rev = "4932f9dcf7181d30a0abb4a12b1144ccb1a741fa";
+        fetchSubmodules = true;
+        sha256 = "sha256-cNVUZe4xfl88quk8Tm6jeG4ov1L6q/wh81WZIotVbnk=";
+      };
+      buildInputs =
+        [ libsodium msgpack ncurses libconfig libopus libvpx x264 ffmpeg ];
+    });
+
+  toxext = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "toxext";
+    version = "0.0.3";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = pname;
+      repo = pname;
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      hash = "sha256-I0Ay3XNf0sxDoPFBH8dx1ywzj96Vnkqzlu1xXsxmI1M=";
+    };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
+    buildInputs = [ libtoxcore ];
+  };
+
+  toxextMessages = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "tox_extension_messages";
+    version = "0.0.3";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "toxext";
+      repo = pname;
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      hash = "sha256-qtjtEsvNcCArYW/Zyr1c0f4du7r/WJKNR96q7XLxeoA=";
+    };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
+    buildInputs = [ libtoxcore toxext ];
+  };
+
+  qtox = prev.qtox.overrideAttrs ({ buildInputs, ... }: {
+    version = "push_notification-unstable";
+    src = lib.sources.cleanSource ./..;
+    # take sources directly from this repo checkout
+    buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ curl libtoxcore toxext toxextMessages ];
+  });
+
+}
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6ff3a180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1670267727,
+        "narHash": "sha256-hUFAn5gjNHIBpLQT0CmqpuQjQwgWUm+D6aziGAYsDmw=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "a5f661b80e4c163510a5013b585a040a5c7ef55e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f7132864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  description = "qTox development flake";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+    let
+      inherit (nixpkgs) lib;
+      intersectOverlay = builtins.intersectAttrs (self.overlay { } { });
+    in {
+      overlay = import ./buildscripts/overlay.nix;
+
+      legacyPackages =
+        lib.mapAttrs (system: { extend, ... }: extend self.overlay)
+        nixpkgs.legacyPackages;
+
+      packages = lib.mapAttrs
+        (system: pkgs: intersectOverlay pkgs // { default = pkgs.qtox; })
+        self.legacyPackages;
+    };
+}