diff --git a/dev.nix b/dev.nix
index 51e96ad..f555519 100644
--- a/dev.nix
+++ b/dev.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
       };
 
       buildInputs = [ pkgs.binutils pkgs.gnutar pkgs.pkg-config lib ];
-      dontStrip = true; # in order to prevent `set` calls tampering with generated strip script 
+      dontStrip = true; # in order to prevent `set` calls tampering with generated strip script
 
       unpackPhase = ''
         #!/bin/bash
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let
       installPhase = ''
         #!/bin/bash
         set -euo pipefail
-        
+
         mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib
         tar -xf ./tmp/data.tar.xz -C $out
         mv $out/usr/bin/${name} $out/bin/
@@ -33,6 +33,26 @@ let
       '';
     };
 
+  fromGithubRelease = { name, exeName, version, sha256, url ? null }: 
+    pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "${exeName}-${version}";
+      src = if url != null then
+        pkgs.fetchzip {
+          url = url;
+          sha256 = sha256;
+        }
+      else
+        pkgs.fetchzip {
+          url = "https://github.com/${name}/releases/download/v${version}/${exeName}-${version}-linux-x86_64.zip";
+          sha256 = sha256;
+        };
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/bin
+        cp ${exeName} $out/bin/
+      '';
+    };
+
 in
 pkgs.mkShell {
   buildInputs = [
@@ -41,6 +61,12 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     pkgs.lune
     (buildDerivation "unzip" "6.0-28" "s9lSnDQ4LMjS5syCmaGFNlBO28KEuRM/++UicEhlBo4=" pkgs.bzip2)
     (buildDerivation "zip" "3.0-14" "0vsh9c5wfbwsx1r1b5mkfxj5vy1xqv0wbj2i93jysyb7x1c3pq8n" pkgs.zlib)
+    (fromGithubRelease {
+      name = "pesde-pkg/pesde";
+      exeName = "pesde";
+      version = "0.6.0-rc.4+registry.0.2.0-rc.1";
+      sha256 = "sha256-3aD2OGUUV4+ptWLTBHVDug9RDHicSM58YDcXCiYRSyY=";
+    })
   ];
 }