diff --git a/nix/packages.nix b/nix/packages.nix
index 612b1cb215..79de8fac89 100644
--- a/nix/packages.nix
+++ b/nix/packages.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ in
     gh
     git
     git-cliff
+    git-lfs
     gnumake
     gnupg # needed for signing commits & codecov/codecov-action
     llvmPackages_22.clang-tools