diff --git a/hosts/common/user/configs/console/nix-develop/default.nix b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/nix-develop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d5e009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/user/configs/console/nix-develop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  user ? throw "user argument is required",
+  home ? throw "home argument is required",
+}:
+{ ... }:
+{
+  home-manager.users.${user}.programs.zsh.initExtra = ''
+    nix-develop() {
+      if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+        echo "Usage: nix-develop <shell>"
+        return 1
+      fi
+      nix develop self#"$1" -c "$SHELL"
+    }
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/hosts/eirene/users/nick.nix b/hosts/eirene/users/nick.nix
index 4c3b126..1c226cc 100644
--- a/hosts/eirene/users/nick.nix
+++ b/hosts/eirene/users/nick.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ in
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/imagemagick { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/ncdu { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/neovim { inherit user home; })
+    (import ../../common/user/configs/console/nix-develop { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/nix-direnv { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/nixpkgs { inherit user home; })
     (import ../../common/user/configs/console/pipewire { inherit user home; })