diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6eaf981..6191459 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 /nix-test-eval*
 /nix/
 TAGS
-cabal.project*
+cabal.project.local
 ctags
 dist-newstyle
 result*
diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea07211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+packages:
+  ./hnix.cabal