diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index 86187556b..6269accf8 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 
        :tools
        ;;ansible
+       ;;direnv
        ;;docker
        ;;editorconfig      ; let someone else argue about tabs vs spaces
        ;;ein               ; tame Jupyter notebooks with emacs
diff --git a/modules/tools/direnv/config.el b/modules/tools/direnv/config.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7715710fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/tools/direnv/config.el
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+;;; tools/direnv/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(def-package! direnv
+  :after-call (after-find-file dired-initial-position-hook)
+  :config
+  (when (executable-find "direnv")
+    (direnv-mode +1)))
diff --git a/modules/tools/direnv/doctor.el b/modules/tools/direnv/doctor.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..223fcb967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/tools/direnv/doctor.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;;; tools/direnv/doctor.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(unless (executable-find "direnv")
+  (warn! "Couldn't find direnv executable"))
diff --git a/modules/tools/direnv/packages.el b/modules/tools/direnv/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0c843e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/tools/direnv/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; tools/direnv/packages.el
+
+(package! direnv)