diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 60e9d3d49c..9c05eae1a9 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
     },
     "unstable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1706371002,
-        "narHash": "sha256-dwuorKimqSYgyu8Cw6ncKhyQjUDOyuXoxDTVmAXq88s=",
+        "lastModified": 1716509168,
+        "narHash": "sha256-4zSIhSRRIoEBwjbPm3YiGtbd8HDWzFxJjw5DYSDy1n8=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "c002c6aa977ad22c60398daaa9be52f2203d0006",
+        "rev": "bfb7a882678e518398ce9a31a881538679f6f092",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ef4d08fceb..cb00960565 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
   };
 
-  outputs = { nixpkgs, unstable, flake-utils, ... }:
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, unstable, flake-utils, ... }:
     let utils = flake-utils;
     in utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
       let
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@
           inherit pkgs system;
           nodejs = pkgs.nodejs_20;
         };
-      in {
+      in
+      {
         formatter = pkgs.nixpkgs-fmt;
 
+        packages = rec {
+          default = kurtosis;
+          kurtosis = unstable_pkgs.callPackage ./package.nix { };
+        };
+
         devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
           nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs;
             let
@@ -27,7 +33,8 @@
                 import ./nix-pkgs/openapi-codegen.nix { inherit pkgs; };
               grpc-tools-node =
                 import ./nix-pkgs/grpc-tools-node.nix { inherit pkgs; };
-            in [
+            in
+            [
               goreleaser
               go_1_20
               gopls
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34bab7f01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, writeTextFile
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "kurtosis";
+  version = "0.89.11";
+
+  src = ./.;
+
+  proxyVendor = true;
+  vendorHash = "sha256-GaEIitoRiuYxtS7cDKobFyIlraDNQjcvbRvzG3nUKFU=";
+
+  postPatch =
+    let
+      kurtosisVersion = writeTextFile {
+        name = "kurtosis_verion.go";
+        text = ''
+          package kurtosis_version
+          const (
+            KurtosisVersion = "${version}"
+          )
+        '';
+      };
+    in
+    ''
+      ln -s ${kurtosisVersion} kurtosis_version/kurtosis_version.go
+    '';
+
+  # disable checks temporarily since they connect to the internet
+  # namely user_support_constants_test.go
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  # keep this for future reference
+  preCheck = ''
+    # some tests in commands use XDG home related environment variables
+    export HOME=/tmp
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/bin/cli $out/bin/kurtosis
+    mv $out/bin/files_artifacts_expander $out/bin/files-artifacts-expander
+    mv $out/bin/api_container $out/bin/api-container
+
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A platform for launching an ephemeral Ethereum backend";
+    mainProgram = "kurtosis";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis";
+    license = licenses.bsl11;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ marijanp ];
+  };
+}