diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2c1ec5bd4..47aeb1d886 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ nix develop github:lopsided98/nix-ros-overlay#example-turtlebot3-gazebo
 
 Using the overlay in your `flake.nix`-based project could look like this:
 
+<!-- The following comment is for https://github.com/zimbatm/mdsh -->
+<!-- [$ flake.nix](examples/flake/flake.nix) as nix -->
+
 ```nix
 {
   inputs = {
@@ -59,10 +62,10 @@ Using the overlay in your `flake.nix`-based project could look like this:
             pkgs.colcon
             # ... other non-ROS packages
             (with pkgs.rosPackages.humble; buildEnv {
-                paths = [
-                    ros-core
-                    # ... other ROS packages
-                ];
+              paths = [
+                ros-core
+                # ... other ROS packages
+              ];
             })
           ];
         };
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ Using the overlay in your `flake.nix`-based project could look like this:
   };
 }
 ```
+You can use the following command to use the above template easily:
+
+    nix flake init --template github:lopsided98/nix-ros-overlay
 
 [flake]: https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Flakes
 
diff --git a/examples/flake/flake.nix b/examples/flake/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af8a33b3b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flake/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nix-ros-overlay.url = "github:lopsided98/nix-ros-overlay/master";
+    nixpkgs.follows = "nix-ros-overlay/nixpkgs";  # IMPORTANT!!!
+  };
+  outputs = { self, nix-ros-overlay, nixpkgs }:
+    nix-ros-overlay.inputs.flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          overlays = [ nix-ros-overlay.overlays.default ];
+        };
+      in {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          name = "Example project";
+          packages = [
+            pkgs.colcon
+            # ... other non-ROS packages
+            (with pkgs.rosPackages.humble; buildEnv {
+              paths = [
+                ros-core
+                # ... other ROS packages
+              ];
+            })
+          ];
+        };
+      });
+  nixConfig = {
+    extra-substituters = [ "https://ros.cachix.org" ];
+    extra-trusted-public-keys = [ "ros.cachix.org-1:dSyZxI8geDCJrwgvCOHDoAfOm5sV1wCPjBkKL+38Rvo=" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index fe578fc02c..1cd2266f4e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
       nixosModule = nixpkgs.lib.warn
         "'nix-ros-overlay.nixosModule' is deprecated, use 'nix-ros-overlay.nixosModules.default' instead"
         self.nixosModules.default;
+      templates.default = {
+        path = ./examples/flake;
+        description = "Basic ROS flake";
+      };
     };
 
   nixConfig = {