diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ff5ba50..60f5ccf 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
           path = ./templates/poetry;
           description = "Poetry template";
         };
+        python = {
+          path = ./templates/python;
+          description = "Legacy Python template";
+        };
       };
 
     };
diff --git a/templates/python/.envrc b/templates/python/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f707c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/python/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake . --no-use-registries
diff --git a/templates/python/.gitignore b/templates/python/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21adfa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/python/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.direnv
+result
+*.pyc
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/templates/python/flake.lock b/templates/python/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5fc821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/python/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1653893745,
+        "narHash": "sha256-0jntwV3Z8//YwuOjzhV2sgJJPt+HY6KhU7VZUL0fKZQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "1ed9fb1935d260de5fe1c2f7ee0ebaae17ed2fa1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1655779787,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Z5VL2AANN3Rk92xFs/3pPVyDQVTIcmNAIeTQNFOJnNE=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "ce83dc760cd3428ce9938aa711a0c7c81f55c567",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/templates/python/flake.nix b/templates/python/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..012ca6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/python/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  description = "Python pip flake";
+
+  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+        pythonEnv = pkgs.python310.withPackages (pypi:
+          with pypi;
+          [
+            # Add requirements here
+            requests
+          ]);
+      in {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell { buildInputs = [ pythonEnv ]; };
+      });
+}