diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f33946b..3219c79 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
       {
         devShells = {
           bun = import ./hosts/common/shells/bun { inherit pkgs; };
+          c = import ./hosts/common/shells/c { inherit pkgs; };
           go = import ./hosts/common/shells/go { inherit pkgs; };
           java = import ./hosts/common/shells/java { inherit pkgs; };
           nix = import ./hosts/common/shells/nix { inherit pkgs; };
diff --git a/hosts/common/shells/c/default.nix b/hosts/common/shells/c/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..477e315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/shells/c/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  packages = with pkgs; [
+    gcc
+    cmake
+    gnumake
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/hosts/elara/users/nikara/configs/console/c/default.nix b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/configs/console/c/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d1aabb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/configs/console/c/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  user ? throw "user argument is required",
+  home ? throw "home argument is required",
+}:
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  home-manager.users.${user}.home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    gcc
+    cmake
+    gnumake
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
index 797da5a..5a6742a 100644
--- a/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/elara/users/nikara/default.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ in
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/x11 { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../../common/configs/user/gui/xdg { inherit user home; })
 
+    (import ./configs/console/c { inherit user home; })
     (import ./configs/console/docker { inherit user home; })
     (import ./configs/console/git { inherit user home; })
     (import ./configs/console/go { inherit user home; })