diff --git a/nix.shell b/nix.shell
index 1e75b7b6f5..57ba5d1039 100644
--- a/nix.shell
+++ b/nix.shell
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ let
        setuptools_scm>=3.2.0
        setuptools_scm_git_archive
        pytest
+       pytest-cov
        hypothesis
+       tox
     '';
   };
 
@@ -38,5 +40,12 @@ in
       git
       stdenv
       ruststable
+      stdenv.cc.cc.lib
    ];
+
+  shellHook = ''
+     # workaround for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/48dfc9fa97d762bce28cc8372a2dd3805d14c633/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md#python-setuppy-bdist_wheel-cannot-create-whl
+     export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=315532800 # 1980
+     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH";
+  '';
 }