diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d07121..b401416 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ nix flake init --template github:the-nix-way/dev-templates#go_1_17
 # Go 1.18
 nix flake init --template github:the-nix-way/dev-templates#go_1_18
 
+# Java
+nix flake init --template github:the-nix-way/dev-templates#java
+
 # Node.js
 nix flake init --template github:the-nix-way/dev-templates#node
 
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index bf58963..182a349 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
         description = "Go 1.18 development environment";
       };
 
+      java = {
+        path = ./java;
+        description = "Java development environment";
+      };
+
       node = {
         path = ./node;
         description = "Node.js development environment";
diff --git a/java/.envrc b/java/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5dbbcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake .
diff --git a/java/flake.lock b/java/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26c4e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1656928814,
+        "narHash": "sha256-RIFfgBuKz6Hp89yRr7+NR5tzIAbn52h8vT6vXkYjZoM=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "7e2a3b3dfd9af950a856d66b0a7d01e3c18aa249",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1659041591,
+        "narHash": "sha256-kKoy3tDZl3w0GuVlvJ6W/ERGRqeXy2+IGXL9g1a3F68=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "ab0794b1ae2756411d176dd5b82843a4ae56fe6e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/java/flake.nix b/java/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c67264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  description = "A Nix-flake-based Java development environment";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+
+        inherit (pkgs) mkShell;
+
+        java = pkgs.jdk17;
+
+        buildTools = with pkgs; [ ant gradle maven ];
+      in {
+        devShells = {
+          default = pkgs.mkShell {
+            nativeBuildInputs = [
+              java
+            ] ++ buildTools;
+
+            shellHook = ''
+              ${java}/bin/java -version
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}
diff --git a/node/flake.nix b/node/flake.nix
index c96901f..3c945dd 100644
--- a/node/flake.nix
+++ b/node/flake.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
         nodejs = pkgs.nodejs;
         pnpm = pkgs.nodePackages.pnpm;
         yarn = pkgs.yarn;
-
       in {
         devShells = {
           default = pkgs.mkShell {
diff --git a/rust/flake.nix b/rust/flake.nix
index 018ad81..9052fb9 100644
--- a/rust/flake.nix
+++ b/rust/flake.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
         rust = pkgs.rust-bin.fromRustupToolchainFile ./rust-toolchain.toml;
 
+        helpers = with pkgs; [ pkg-config ];
+
         inherit (pkgs) mkShell;
         inherit (pkgs.lib) optionals;
         inherit (pkgs.stdenv) isDarwin;
@@ -30,8 +32,7 @@
           default = mkShell {
             nativeBuildInputs = [
               rust
-              pkgs.pkg-config
-            ];
+            ] ++ helpers;
 
             buildInputs = with pkgs; [
               openssl
@@ -39,8 +40,7 @@
             ];
 
             shellHook = ''
-              echo "Entering Rust env"
-              echo "Running `${rust}/bin/cargo --version`"
+              ${rust}/bin/cargo --version
             '';
           };
         };
diff --git a/zig/flake.nix b/zig/flake.nix
index 88c8ab3..efc69bb 100644
--- a/zig/flake.nix
+++ b/zig/flake.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             ];
 
             shellHook = ''
-              echo "`${zigPkg}/bin/zig version`"
+              ${zigPkg}/bin/zig version
             '';
           };
         };