diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 3550a30f2..76c915c75 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+source_env_if_exists .envrc.local
 use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 112e7f59a..0cead078d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 .python-version
 .idea/
 .direnv/
+.envrc.local
 /var/
 
 # ignore roles pulled by ansible-galaxy