diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     # https://github.com/numtide/flake-utils#usage for more examples
     in utils.lib.eachSystem [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-darwin" ] (system: rec {
       legacyPackages = pkgsForSystem system;
-      inherit (legacyPackages) devShells;
+      inherit (legacyPackages) devShell devShells;
     }) // {
       # these outputs will lack the system suffix (e.g.
       # devShell.aarch64-darwin), thus should be system agnostic such as
diff --git a/nix/overlay.nix b/nix/overlay.nix
--- a/nix/overlay.nix
+++ b/nix/overlay.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   protobuf_3_15_cmake = prev.callPackage ./protobuf_3_15.nix { };
 
   devShells.default = final.callPackage ./dev-shell.nix { };
+  devShell = final.devShells.default;
 
   # Make our version of mariadb the default everywhere
   mariadb = prev.mariadb_108;