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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { } }:
+pkgs.mkShell rec {
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ clang llvmPackages.bintools rustup ];
+  RUSTC_VERSION = pkgs.lib.readFile ./rust-toolchain;
+  # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen#environment-variables
+  LIBCLANG_PATH =
+    pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.llvmPackages_latest.libclang.lib ];
+  shellHook = ''
+    export PATH=$PATH:''${CARGO_HOME:-~/.cargo}/bin
+    export PATH=$PATH:''${RUSTUP_HOME:-~/.rustup}/toolchains/$RUSTC_VERSION-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/
+  '';
+  # Add precompiled library to rustc search path
+  RUSTFLAGS = (builtins.map (a: "-L ${a}/lib") [
+    # add libraries here (e.g. pkgs.libvmi)
+  ]);
+  # Add glibc, clang, glib and other headers to bindgen search path
+  BINDGEN_EXTRA_CLANG_ARGS =
+    # Includes with normal include path
+    (builtins.map (a: ''-I"${a}/include"'') [
+      # add dev libraries here (e.g. pkgs.libvmi.dev)
+      pkgs.glibc.dev
+    ])
+    # Includes with special directory paths
+    ++ [
+      ''
+        -I"${pkgs.llvmPackages_latest.libclang.lib}/lib/clang/${pkgs.llvmPackages_latest.libclang.version}/include"''
+      ''-I"${pkgs.glib.dev}/include/glib-2.0"''
+      "-I${pkgs.glib.out}/lib/glib-2.0/include/"
+    ];
+
+}