diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ba4ddd25..5928c2ef 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@
             inherit pkgs;
           };
 
+          packages.cli-kontrol-api = pkgs.callPackage ./libs/cli-kontrol-api/default.nix {
+            inherit pkgs;
+          };
+
           containers = let
             os = "linux";
             all =
diff --git a/libs/cli-kontrol-api/default.nix b/libs/cli-kontrol-api/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55c87cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/cli-kontrol-api/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{pkgs}:
+with pkgs;
+  stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "cli-kontrol-api";
+    src = ./.;
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      cp -R ./api $out/
+      cp package.json $out/
+      cp go.mod $out/
+      cp go.sum $out/
+      cp README.md $out/
+    '';
+  }
diff --git a/libs/cli-kontrol-api/package.json b/libs/cli-kontrol-api/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba1517bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/cli-kontrol-api/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "cli-kontrol-api",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "Client API for Kardinal",
+  "main": "api/typescript/client/types.d.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal.git"
+  },
+  "author": "kurtosis-tech",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal#readme"
+}