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+{
+  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { },
+}:
+let
+  host-triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu";
+  gcc-arch = "xtensa-esp-elf";
+  gcc-release = "16.1.0_20260609";
+  toolchain-pkg = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "esp32-xtensa-rust-toolchain";
+    version = "1.97.0.0";
+    srcs = [
+      (pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/esp-rs/rust-build/releases/download/v${version}/rust-${version}-${host-triple}.tar.xz";
+        hash = "sha256-qZv+5pIh6f9thjiPaBHuaIzUBeagQAo80XhOjUY+nZk=";
+      })
+      (pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url =
+          let
+            gcc-file = "${gcc-arch}-${gcc-release}-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.xz";
+          in
+          "https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG/releases/download/esp-${gcc-release}/${gcc-file}";
+        hash = "sha256-9wh1Lrs1yrIfGEsldBFO0Rh2GdsO24pLqRPAbKL6Z14=";
+      })
+      (pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/esp-rs/rust-build/releases/download/v${version}/rust-src-${version}.tar.xz";
+        hash = "sha256-Vo1oi5+PMy7E0EZXVE+tI+mc4R6ebPWDWXnmiijGi3M=";
+      })
+      # TODO maybe I need clang but so far it works without https://github.com/esp-rs/espup/blob/main/src/toolchain/llvm.rs
+    ];
+    sourceRoot = ".";
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.autoPatchelfHook ];
+    buildInputs = [
+      pkgs.zlib
+      pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib
+    ];
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+
+      patchShebangs --build rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/install.sh rust-src-nightly/install.sh
+
+      rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/install.sh --destdir="$out" --prefix="" --without=rust-docs-json-preview,rust-docs --disable-ldconfig
+      rust-src-nightly/install.sh --destdir="$out" --prefix="" --disable-ldconfig
+
+      cp -pr --reflink=auto -- xtensa-esp-elf "$out";
+      # ensure linker is in PATH
+      ln -s $out/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/* "$out/bin/"
+
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
+  };
+in
+(pkgs.mkShell {
+  packages = with pkgs; [
+    espflash
+    toolchain-pkg
+  ];
+})