diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 13fc5cead..e87b94265 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,58 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     vespa-cli
   ];
   shellHook = ''
+    # Check if Rust is installed, if not install it
+    if ! command -v rustc &> /dev/null; then
+        curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+    fi
+
+    # Check if OpenSSL 1.1 is installed
+    if ! (command -v openssl &> /dev/null && openssl version | grep -q "OpenSSL 1.1"); then
+
+        # Check the architecture and install OpenSSL 1.1 if needed
+        if [[ $(uname -m) == "arm64" ]]; then
+            if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+                # MacOS M1 installation
+                if ! command -v brew &> /dev/null; then
+                    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
+                fi
+
+                export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"
+
+                brew install openssl@1.1
+
+            elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+                # Check for Debian-based system
+                if grep -qi 'debian' /etc/os-release; then
+                    # Ubuntu ARM installation
+
+                    apt update && apt install curl -y
+
+                    curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/wasmcloud/core/script.deb.sh | bash
+
+                    apt install wash
+
+                    curl -fLO http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1n-0+deb11u4_arm64.deb
+
+                    dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1n-0+deb11u4_arm64.deb
+
+                else
+                    echo "This script is designed for Debian-based systems only."
+                    exit 1
+                fi
+
+            else
+                echo "Unsupported system type."
+                exit 1
+            fi
+
+        else
+            echo "This script is designed for arm64 systems only."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+    fi
+
     # Check if cosmo is installed, if not install it
     if ! command -v cosmo &> /dev/null; then
       bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://cosmonic.sh/install.sh)"