diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a42ca093ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Test Nix flake
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  format:
+    name: check flake formatting
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          show-progress: false
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
+      - run: nix fmt
+
+      # Check that formatting does not change anything.
+      - run: git diff --exit-code
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5a21605988..bd532030b8 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -533,28 +533,30 @@
               };
           };
 
-        devShells.default = let 
-          pkgs = import nixpkgs {
-            system = system;
-            overlays = [ fenix.overlays.default ];
-          };
-          in pkgs.mkShell {
+        devShells.default =
+          let
+            pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+              system = system;
+              overlays = [ fenix.overlays.default ];
+            };
+          in
+          pkgs.mkShell {
 
-          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-            (fenix.packages.${system}.complete.withComponents [
-              "cargo"
-              "clippy"
-              "rust-src"
-              "rustc"
-              "rustfmt"
-            ])
-            cargo-deny
-            rust-analyzer-nightly
-            cargo-nextest
-            perl # needed to build vendored OpenSSL
-            git-cliff
-          ];
-        };
+            buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+              (fenix.packages.${system}.complete.withComponents [
+                "cargo"
+                "clippy"
+                "rust-src"
+                "rustc"
+                "rustfmt"
+              ])
+              cargo-deny
+              rust-analyzer-nightly
+              cargo-nextest
+              perl # needed to build vendored OpenSSL
+              git-cliff
+            ];
+          };
       }
     );
 }