diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index a7a92ff99..46a80d3bb 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ export DEVBOX_NO_ENVRC_UPDATE=1
 
 eval "$(devbox generate direnv --print-envrc --env-file .dev-envrc)"
 
+dotenv_if_exists '.envrc.local'
+
 # check out https://www.jetpack.io/devbox/docs/ide_configuration/direnv/
 # for more details
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a50624695..613da041e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dist/
 
 *.tar.gz
 *.tar
+.envrc.local
 capd-kubeconfig
 
 ct_previous_*/