diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "crane": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1716156051,
+        "narHash": "sha256-TjUX7WWRcrhuUxDHsR8pDR2N7jitqZehgCVSy3kBeS8=",
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "rev": "7443df1c478947bf96a2e699209f53b2db26209d",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "ipetkov",
+        "repo": "crane",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "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": 1716137900,
+        "narHash": "sha256-sowPU+tLQv8GlqtVtsXioTKeaQvlMz/pefcdwg8MvfM=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "6c0b7a92c30122196a761b440ac0d46d3d9954f1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "crane": "crane",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": [
+          "flake-utils"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1716257780,
+        "narHash": "sha256-R+NjvJzKEkTVCmdrKRfPE4liX/KMGVqGUwwS5H8ET8A=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "4e5e3d2c5c9b2721bd266f9e43c14e96811b89d2",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "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
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+{
+  description = "A nix development shell and build environment for ibc-types";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    rust-overlay = {
+      url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+      inputs = {
+        nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+        flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
+      };
+    };
+    crane = {
+      url = "github:ipetkov/crane";
+      inputs = { nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; };
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, rust-overlay, crane, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem
+      (system:
+        let
+          # Set up for Rust builds, use the stable Rust toolchain
+          overlays = [ (import rust-overlay) ];
+          pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system overlays; };
+          rustToolchain = pkgs.rust-bin.stable."1.78.0".default;
+          craneLib = (crane.mkLib pkgs).overrideToolchain rustToolchain;
+          src = craneLib.cleanCargoSource (craneLib.path ./.);
+          # Important environment variables so that the build can find the necessary libraries
+          PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkgs.openssl.dev}/lib/pkgconfig";
+        in with pkgs; with pkgs.lib;
+        let
+          ibc-types = (craneLib.buildPackage {
+            pname = "ibc-types";
+            version = "0.13.0";
+            nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+            buildInputs = [ openssl ];
+            inherit src system PKG_CONFIG_PATH;
+            cargoVendorDir = null;
+            cargoExtraArgs = "-p ibc-types";
+            meta = {
+              description = "Common data structures for Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) messages";
+              homepage = "https://github.com/penumbra-zone/ibc-types";
+              license = [ licenses.mit licenses.asl20 ];
+            };
+          }).overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = false; }); # Disable tests to improve build times
+        in rec {
+          packages = { inherit ibc-types; };
+          devShells.default = craneLib.devShell {
+            inputsFrom = [ ibc-types ];
+            packages = [ cargo-watch cargo-nextest ];
+            shellHook = ''
+              export RUST_SRC_PATH=${pkgs.rustPlatform.rustLibSrc} # Required for rust-analyzer
+            '';
+          };
+        }
+      );
+}