diff --git a/configurations/home-manager/leyla/packages/vscode/default.nix b/configurations/home-manager/leyla/packages/vscode/default.nix
index 778439a..f213d3c 100644
--- a/configurations/home-manager/leyla/packages/vscode/default.nix
+++ b/configurations/home-manager/leyla/packages/vscode/default.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ in {
 
             # misc extensions
             evenBetterToml.enable = true;
+            direnv.enable = config.programs.direnv.enable;
           };
 
           extensions = let
diff --git a/modules/home-manager-modules/programs/vscode/default.nix b/modules/home-manager-modules/programs/vscode/default.nix
index 50b323d..48eb1ce 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager-modules/programs/vscode/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager-modules/programs/vscode/default.nix
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
     ./claudeDev.nix
     ./nearley.nix
     ./vitest.nix
+    ./direnv.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/home-manager-modules/programs/vscode/direnv.nix b/modules/home-manager-modules/programs/vscode/direnv.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..231ea17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager-modules/programs/vscode/direnv.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  pkgsRepositories = pkgs.nix-vscode-extensions.forVSCodeVersion config.programs.vscode.package.version;
+  pkgsRepository = pkgsRepositories.vscode-marketplace;
+in {
+  options.programs.vscode.profiles = lib.mkOption {
+    type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule ({config, ...}: {
+      options = {
+        extraExtensions.direnv = {
+          enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Enable direnv extension";
+          extension = lib.mkPackageOption pkgsRepository "direnv" {
+            default = ["mkhl" "direnv"];
+          };
+        };
+      };
+      config = lib.mkIf config.extraExtensions.direnv.enable {
+        extensions = [config.extraExtensions.direnv.extension];
+      };
+    }));
+  };
+}