diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed049893a243..df31980e4fc6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 BUILDTYPE ?= Release
 PYTHON ?= python3
+RUFF ?= tools/pip/site-packages/bin/ruff
 DESTDIR ?=
 SIGN ?=
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
@@ -1694,15 +1695,15 @@ lint-py-build: ## Build resources needed to lint python files.
 		$(PYTHON) -m pip install --upgrade --system --target tools/pip/site-packages ruff==0.13.1
 
 .PHONY: lint-py lint-py-fix lint-py-fix-unsafe
-ifneq ("","$(wildcard tools/pip/site-packages/ruff)")
+ifneq ("","$(wildcard $(RUFF))")
 # Lint the Python code with ruff.
 lint-py:
 	$(info Running Python linter...)
-	tools/pip/site-packages/bin/ruff check .
+	$(RUFF) check .
 lint-py-fix:
-	tools/pip/site-packages/bin/ruff check . --fix
+	$(RUFF) check . --fix
 lint-py-fix-unsafe:
-	tools/pip/site-packages/bin/ruff check . --fix --unsafe-fixes
+	$(RUFF) check . --fix --unsafe-fixes
 else
 lint-py lint-py-fix lint-py-fix-unsafe:
 	$(warning Python linting with ruff is not available)
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 96fcccbc1914..9b4d9da55855 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
           )
     );
   }
+  // (
+    let
+      ruff = pkgs.lib.lists.findFirst (p: p.meta.mainProgram == "ruff") null devTools;
+    in
+    pkgs.lib.optionalAttrs (ruff != null) {
+      RUFF = pkgs.lib.getExe ruff;
+    }
+  )
   // pkgs.lib.optionalAttrs (!withSQLite) {
     NOSQLITE = "1";
   }
diff --git a/tools/nix/devTools.nix b/tools/nix/devTools.nix
index 474e365ceb4e..0ead37da9108 100644
--- a/tools/nix/devTools.nix
+++ b/tools/nix/devTools.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   pkgs.gh
   pkgs.git
   pkgs.jq
+  pkgs.ruff
   pkgs.shellcheck
 ]
 ++ (