diff --git a/.github/workflows/default.nix b/.github/workflows/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e49a0a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ pkgs ? import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/e11142026e2cef35ea52c9205703823df225c947.tar.gz") {} }:
+
+with pkgs;
+
+let
+  my-pkgs = rWrapper.override {
+    packages = with rPackages; [ dplyr ggplot2 R];
+  };
+in
+mkShell {
+  buildInputs = [my-pkgs];
+}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4a0bb0d1..5e82bb74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@ jobs:
           backtrace: full
 
       - name: Nix cache
-        uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
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+        uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
+
+      - name: Build development environment
+        run: |
+          nix-build
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