diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 10654f9c..89b2034c 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ with import <nixpkgs> {};
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "blockbook-dev";
   buildInputs = [
+    bzip2
     go
+    lz4
+    pkg-config
+    rocksdb
+    snappy
+    zeromq
+    zlib
   ];
+  shellHook = ''
+    export CGO_LDFLAGS="-L${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib -lrocksdb -lz -lbz2 -lsnappy -llz4 -lm -lstdc++"
+  '';
 }