diff --git a/makefu/5pkgs/arduino-user-env/default.nix b/makefu/5pkgs/arduino-user-env/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7339c50a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefu/5pkgs/arduino-user-env/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }: let
+
+#TODO: make sure env exists prior to running
+env_nix = pkgs.writeText "env.nix" ''
+  { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+  (pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv {
+    name = "arduino-user-env";
+    targetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [
+      coreutils
+    ];
+    multiPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [
+      arduino
+      alsaLib
+      zlib
+      xorg.libXxf86vm
+      curl
+      openal
+      openssl_1_0_2
+      xorg.libXext
+      xorg.libX11
+      xorg.libXrandr
+      xorg.libXcursor
+      xorg.libXinerama
+      xorg.libXi
+      mesa_glu
+    ];
+    runScript = "zsh";
+  }).env
+'';
+
+
+in pkgs.writeDashBin "arduino-user-env" ''
+  nix-shell ${env_nix}
+''