diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6180ff0..b67d6b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+/result
 /target
 *.csv
-*.png
 *.data
 *.old
 *.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64d07ce..a674184 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,4 +205,8 @@ The help message can be shown with `udperf --help`.
 ## System Design
 The most important components of udperf are shown in the following component diagram.
 
-![udperf Component Diagram](doc/figures/udperf-component.svg)
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+![udperf Component Diagram](doc/figures/udperf-component.svg)
+
+## Run with nix
+
+`nix run github:PickingUpPieces/udperf -- [OPTIONS] [MODE]`
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0136f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1726243404,
+        "narHash": "sha256-sjiGsMh+1cWXb53Tecsm4skyFNag33GPbVgCdfj3n9I=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "345c263f2f53a3710abe117f28a5cb86d0ba4059",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae811e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+  outputs =
+    {
+      self,
+      nixpkgs,
+      flake-utils,
+    }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (
+      system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+        };
+        manifest = (pkgs.lib.importTOML ./Cargo.toml).package;
+        rust-toolchain = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+          name = "rust-toolchain";
+          paths = with pkgs; [
+            rustc
+            cargo
+            rustPlatform.rustcSrc
+          ];
+        };
+      in
+      {
+        packages.default = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+          pname = manifest.name;
+          version = manifest.version;
+          cargoLock = {
+            lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
+            outputHashes = {
+              # explicit hashes required for cargo git dependencies
+              "csv-1.1.5" = "sha256-IGfThZankbhI2LsQzJ0TdLhrw3fNlEB2P5pidvPUIxg=";
+              "io-uring-0.6.3" = "sha256-dAlKSPniUAJdme9HvTg/lr9Zqkl1yOC7xIGoAanl4z8=";
+            };
+          };
+          src = pkgs.lib.cleanSource ./.;
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            pkg-config
+          ];
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            hwloc
+          ];
+          doCheck = false; # do not run tests
+        };
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            clippy
+            rustfmt
+            rust-analyzer
+            rust-toolchain
+            pkg-config
+            hwloc
+          ];
+          RUST_SRC_PATH = "${pkgs.rustPlatform.rustLibSrc}";
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}