diff --git a/packages/lib/devshell.nix b/packages/lib/devshell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 654c44a..0000000
--- a/packages/lib/devshell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{ inputs', pkgs, ... }:
-let
-  inherit (inputs'.devshell.legacyPackages) mkShell;
-  
-  wrapInAttrs = value: if builtins.isAttrs value then value else { inherit value; };
-  
-  wrapPackage = package: { inherit package; };
-
-  injectAttrName = name: value: { inherit name; } // wrapInAttrs value;
-  
-  mkNamedAttrs = builtins.mapAttrs injectAttrName;
-  
-  attrsToNamedList = attrs: builtins.attrValues (mkNamedAttrs attrs);
-in
-  {
-    packages ? [],
-    tools ? [],
-    commands ? {},
-    env ? {},
-    config ? {}
-  }:
-  mkShell {
-    imports = [
-      config
-      {
-        commands = map wrapPackage tools;
-      }
-      {
-        inherit packages;
-        commands = attrsToNamedList commands;
-        env = attrsToNamedList env;
-      }
-    ];
-  }
diff --git a/packages/modules/devshell.nix b/packages/modules/devshell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..244f861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/modules/devshell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{ lib, config, inputs', ... }:
+with lib;
+let
+  inherit (inputs'.devshell.legacyPackages) mkShell;
+
+  wrapInAttrs = value: if builtins.isAttrs value then value else { inherit value; };
+
+  wrapPackage = package: { inherit package; };
+
+  injectAttrName = name: value: { inherit name; } // wrapInAttrs value;
+
+  mkNamedAttrs = builtins.mapAttrs injectAttrName;
+
+  attrsToNamedList = attrs: builtins.attrValues (mkNamedAttrs attrs);
+
+  mkProjectShell = 
+  {
+    packages ? [],
+    tools ? [],
+    commands ? {},
+    env ? {},
+    config ? {}
+  }:
+  mkShell {
+    imports = [
+      config
+      {
+        commands = map wrapPackage tools;
+      }
+      {
+        inherit packages;
+        commands = attrsToNamedList commands;
+        env = attrsToNamedList env;
+      }
+    ];
+  };
+in {
+  options.projectShells = mkOption {
+    default = {};
+    type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule {
+      options = {
+        packages = mkOption {
+          default = [];
+          type = types.listOf types.package;
+        };
+        tools = mkOption {
+          default = [];
+          type = types.listOf types.package;
+        };
+        commands = mkOption {
+          default = {};
+          type = types.attrsOf types.package;
+        };
+        env = mkOption {
+          default = {};
+          type = with types; attrsOf (oneOf [ attrs str ] );
+        };
+        config = mkOption {
+          default = {};
+          type = types.anything;
+        };
+      };
+    });
+  };
+  config.devShells = mapAttrs (_: mkProjectShell) config.projectShells;
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/projects.nix b/packages/projects.nix
index aee5d8c..1ef08c3 100644
--- a/packages/projects.nix
+++ b/packages/projects.nix
@@ -18,15 +18,12 @@
     poetry2nix = pkgs.poetry2nix.overrideScope' (final: prev: {
       defaultPoetryOverrides = prev.defaultPoetryOverrides.extend (import ./poetry2nix-overrides);
     });
-  
-    mkShell = import lib/devshell.nix {
-      inherit inputs' pkgs;
-    };
 
   in
   {
     imports = [
       ./tests
+      ./modules/devshell.nix
     ];
     packages = filters.doFilter filters.packages rec {
       ghost = let
@@ -84,10 +81,10 @@
       stevenblack-hosts = pkgs.callPackage ./data/stevenblack { inherit pins; };
     };
 
-    devShells = {
+    projectShells = {
       default = let
         flakePkgs = self'.packages;
-      in mkShell {
+      in {
         tools = with flakePkgs; [
           agenix
           deploy-rs
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@
       };
       reflex-cache = let
         inherit (self'.packages) reflex-cache;
-      in mkShell {
+      in {
         packages = [
           reflex-cache.dependencyEnv
         ];