diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index ab14b72..c6275e8 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "nodes": {
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1707268954,
-        "narHash": "sha256-2en1kvde3cJVc3ZnTy8QeD2oKcseLFjYPLKhIGDanQ0=",
+        "lastModified": 1721379653,
+        "narHash": "sha256-8MUgifkJ7lkZs3u99UDZMB4kbOxvMEXQZ31FO3SopZ0=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "f8e2ebd66d097614d51a56a755450d4ae1632df1",
+        "rev": "1d9c2c9b3e71b9ee663d11c5d298727dace8d374",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -19,9 +19,30 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay",
         "systems": "systems"
       }
     },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1721528458,
+        "narHash": "sha256-uruH/EV8Rpa/CRxn8CiMzhoA6tJe8qO5c8NdgP1g0rM=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "0b2b2da1dad1c675c45d9e23c75674de969de83b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "systems": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1689347949,
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8cc9b93..635ef45 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
     systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default-linux";
+    rust-overlay = {
+      url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
 
   outputs = {
     self,
     nixpkgs,
     systems,
+    rust-overlay,
     ...
   }: let
     inherit (nixpkgs) lib;
@@ -17,10 +22,10 @@
     pkgsFor = eachSystem (system:
       import nixpkgs {
         inherit system;
-        overlays = [self.overlays.default];
+        overlays = [self.overlays.default (import rust-overlay)];
       });
   in {
-    overlays = import ./nix/overlays.nix {inherit self lib;};
+    overlays = import ./nix/overlays.nix {inherit self lib pkgsFor;};
 
     packages = eachSystem (system: {
       default = self.packages.${system}.wpaperd;
@@ -34,6 +39,9 @@
     devShells = eachSystem (system:
       with pkgsFor.${system}; {
         default = mkShell {
+          buildInputs = [
+            rust-bin.stable.latest.default
+          ];
           packages = [
             pkg-config
             wayland
diff --git a/nix/overlays.nix b/nix/overlays.nix
index eb38aab..e0e3dac 100644
--- a/nix/overlays.nix
+++ b/nix/overlays.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   self,
   lib,
+  pkgsFor
 }: let
-  inherit ((builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ../daemon/Cargo.toml)).package) version;
+  inherit ((builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ../daemon/Cargo.toml)).package) version rust-overlay;
 
   mkDate = longDate: (lib.concatStringsSep "-" [
     (builtins.substring 0 4 longDate)
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ in {
     in {
       wpaperd = final.callPackage ./default.nix {
         version = "${version}+date=${date}_${self.shortRev or "dirty"}";
+        rustPlatform = let
+          toolchain = pkgsFor.${final.system}.rust-bin.stable.latest.default;
+        in (final.makeRustPlatform {
+            cargo = toolchain;
+            rustc = toolchain;
+          });
       };
     })
   ];