diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b5064a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export DATABASE_HOST="localhost"
+export DATABASE_PORT="5432"
+export DATABASE_NAME="d4g"
+export DATABASE_USER="d4guser"
+export DATABASE_PASSWORD="d4gpassword"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 06596ca..aea1205 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -162,3 +162,4 @@ cython_debug/
 # Precommit hooks: ruff cache
 .ruff_cache
 .env*
+!.env.dist