diff --git a/nix/kueuectl.nix b/nix/kueuectl.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dd9d6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/kueuectl.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "kueuectl";
+  version = "0.16.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kubernetes-sigs";
+    repo = "kueue";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-JbU+ZoQ+YriaiIbbVCe45OTYycxYRanLhmQAdpE+xQ4=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = null;
+
+  subPackages = [ "cmd/kueuectl" ];
+}
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index d5d33d5e..6baa6eca 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ let
     overlays = [ ];
   };
   treefmt = import ./nix/treefmt.nix { };
+  kueuectl = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/kueuectl.nix { };
 in
 pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
   packages = [
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
     pkgs.kubectl-rook-ceph
 
     # other tools activate when needed
+    kueuectl
     # pkgs.step-cli
     # pkgs.linkerd
     # pkgs.cmctl