diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index cae2418ca20f4d..7bf418d784d2a3 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
   # Build options
   icu ? pkgs.icu,
   withAmaro ? true,
+  withQuic ? false,
   withSQLite ? true,
   withSSL ? true,
   withTemporal ? false,
   sharedLibDeps ? import ./tools/nix/sharedLibDeps.nix {
     inherit
       pkgs
+      withQuic
       withSQLite
       withSSL
       withTemporal
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     ]
     ++ extraConfigFlags
     ++ pkgs.lib.optional (!withAmaro) "--without-amaro"
+    ++ pkgs.lib.optional withQuic "--experimental-quic"
     ++ pkgs.lib.optional (!withSQLite) "--without-sqlite"
     ++ pkgs.lib.optional (!withSSL) "--without-ssl"
     ++ pkgs.lib.optional withTemporal "--v8-enable-temporal-support"
diff --git a/tools/nix/sharedLibDeps.nix b/tools/nix/sharedLibDeps.nix
index d6b6a907178522..d0b88f9c2e6072 100644
--- a/tools/nix/sharedLibDeps.nix
+++ b/tools/nix/sharedLibDeps.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   pkgs ? import ./pkgs.nix { },
+  withQuic ? false,
   withSQLite ? true,
   withSSL ? true,
   withTemporal ? false,
@@ -12,8 +13,6 @@
     gtest
     libuv
     nbytes
-    nghttp3
-    ngtcp2
     simdjson
     simdutf
     uvwasi
@@ -33,6 +32,12 @@
     ];
   };
 }
+// (pkgs.lib.optionalAttrs withQuic {
+  inherit (pkgs)
+    nghttp3
+    ngtcp2
+    ;
+})
 // (pkgs.lib.optionalAttrs withSQLite {
   inherit (pkgs) sqlite;
 })