diff --git a/src/tools/nix-dev-shell/shell.nix b/src/tools/nix-dev-shell/shell.nix
index 6ca8a7c4652d3..7dec0723ff3ae 100644
--- a/src/tools/nix-dev-shell/shell.nix
+++ b/src/tools/nix-dev-shell/shell.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     pkgs.nix
     pkgs.glibc.out
     pkgs.glibc.static
+    pkgs.cargo # needed for rust-analyzer vscode extension
     x
     # Get the runtime deps of the x wrapper
   ] ++ lists.flatten (attrsets.attrValues env);