diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f33a3092d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Set the root of the virtual environment
+export VIRTUAL_ENV=$PWD/.venv
+
+# Add the venv's bin folder to the start of your PATH
+PATH_add .venv/bin
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef0df5d603..ea7ad925a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -116,3 +116,4 @@ via*.json
 !keyboards/keychron/*/firmware/*.bin
 /.claude_session
 /.remember/tmp/save-session.pid
+/.direnv/CACHEDIR.TAG