diff --git a/R/find_rev.R b/R/find_rev.R
index d27214ee..512bd660 100644
--- a/R/find_rev.R
+++ b/R/find_rev.R
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ fetchpkgs  <- function(git_pkgs, archive_pkgs){
 #' @param system_pkgs Vector of characters. List further software you wish to install that
 #'   are not R packages such as command line applications for example.
 #' @param git_pkgs List. A list of packages to install from Git. See details for more information.
+#' @param tex_pkgs Vector of characters. A set of tex packages to install. Use this if you need to compile `.tex` documents, or build PDF documents using Quarto. If you don't know which package to add, start by adding "amsmath". See the Vignette "Authoring LaTeX documents" for more details.
 #' @param ide Character, defaults to "other". If you wish to use RStudio to work
 #'   interactively use "rstudio" or "code" for Visual Studio Code. For other editors,
 #'   use "other". This has been tested with RStudio, VS Code and Emacs. If other
@@ -284,14 +285,15 @@ fetchpkgs  <- function(git_pkgs, archive_pkgs){
 #'   ensures that Nix builds a completely coherent environment.
 #' @export
 rix <- function(r_ver = "latest",
-                 r_pkgs = NULL,
-                 system_pkgs = NULL,
-                 git_pkgs = NULL,
-                 ide = "other",
-                 project_path = ".",
-                 overwrite = FALSE,
-                 print = FALSE,
-                 shell_hook = "R --vanilla"){
+                r_pkgs = NULL,
+                system_pkgs = NULL,
+                git_pkgs = NULL,
+                tex_pkgs = NULL,
+                ide = "other",
+                project_path = ".",
+                overwrite = FALSE,
+                print = FALSE,
+                shell_hook = "R --vanilla"){
 
   stopifnot("'ide' has to be one of 'other', 'rstudio' or 'code'" = (ide %in% c("other", "rstudio", "code")))
 
@@ -407,6 +409,24 @@ rPackages)
     }
   }
 
+  # Texlive packages
+  generate_tex_pkgs <- function(tex_pkgs) {
+
+    tex_pkgs <- paste(tex_pkgs, collapse = ' ')
+
+    sprintf('tex = (pkgs.texlive.combine {
+  inherit (pkgs.texlive) scheme-basic %s;
+});
+',
+tex_pkgs)
+  }
+
+  flag_tex_pkgs <- if(is.null(tex_pkgs)){
+                     ""
+                   } else {
+                     "tex"
+                   }
+
   # system packages
   get_system_pkgs <- function(system_pkgs){
     paste(system_pkgs, collapse = ' ')
@@ -471,11 +491,12 @@ flag_rpkgs
   generate_shell <- function(flag_git_archive, flag_rpkgs){
     sprintf('in
   pkgs.mkShell {
-    buildInputs = [ %s %s system_packages %s ];
+    buildInputs = [ %s %s %s system_packages %s ];
       %s
   }',
   flag_git_archive,
   flag_rpkgs,
+  flag_tex_pkgs,
   flag_rstudio,
   shell_hook
   )
@@ -490,6 +511,7 @@ flag_rpkgs
                     rix_call),
     generate_rpkgs(cran_pkgs$rPackages),
     generate_git_archived_packages(git_pkgs, cran_pkgs$archive_pkgs),
+    generate_tex_pkgs(tex_pkgs),
     generate_system_pkgs(system_pkgs),
     generate_rstudio_pkgs(ide, flag_git_archive, flag_rpkgs),
     generate_shell(flag_git_archive, flag_rpkgs),
diff --git a/dev/build_envs.Rmd b/dev/build_envs.Rmd
index 4872a022..eedf02fc 100644
--- a/dev/build_envs.Rmd
+++ b/dev/build_envs.Rmd
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ you use another IDE, you can leave the "ide" argument blank:
 #' @param system_pkgs Vector of characters. List further software you wish to install that
 #'   are not R packages such as command line applications for example.
 #' @param git_pkgs List. A list of packages to install from Git. See details for more information.
+#' @param tex_pkgs Vector of characters. A set of tex packages to install. Use this if you need to compile `.tex` documents, or build PDF documents using Quarto. If you don't know which package to add, start by adding "amsmath". See the Vignette "Authoring LaTeX documents" for more details.
 #' @param ide Character, defaults to "other". If you wish to use RStudio to work
 #'   interactively use "rstudio" or "code" for Visual Studio Code. For other editors,
 #'   use "other". This has been tested with RStudio, VS Code and Emacs. If other
@@ -368,14 +369,15 @@ you use another IDE, you can leave the "ide" argument blank:
 #'   ensures that Nix builds a completely coherent environment.
 #' @export
 rix <- function(r_ver = "latest",
-                 r_pkgs = NULL,
-                 system_pkgs = NULL,
-                 git_pkgs = NULL,
-                 ide = "other",
-                 project_path = ".",
-                 overwrite = FALSE,
-                 print = FALSE,
-                 shell_hook = "R --vanilla"){
+                r_pkgs = NULL,
+                system_pkgs = NULL,
+                git_pkgs = NULL,
+                tex_pkgs = NULL,
+                ide = "other",
+                project_path = ".",
+                overwrite = FALSE,
+                print = FALSE,
+                shell_hook = "R --vanilla"){
 
   stopifnot("'ide' has to be one of 'other', 'rstudio' or 'code'" = (ide %in% c("other", "rstudio", "code")))
 
@@ -491,6 +493,24 @@ rPackages)
     }
   }
 
+  # Texlive packages
+  generate_tex_pkgs <- function(tex_pkgs) {
+
+    tex_pkgs <- paste(tex_pkgs, collapse = ' ')
+
+    sprintf('tex = (pkgs.texlive.combine {
+  inherit (pkgs.texlive) scheme-basic %s;
+});
+',
+tex_pkgs)
+  }
+
+  flag_tex_pkgs <- if(is.null(tex_pkgs)){
+                     ""
+                   } else {
+                     "tex"
+                   }
+
   # system packages
   get_system_pkgs <- function(system_pkgs){
     paste(system_pkgs, collapse = ' ')
@@ -555,11 +575,12 @@ flag_rpkgs
   generate_shell <- function(flag_git_archive, flag_rpkgs){
     sprintf('in
   pkgs.mkShell {
-    buildInputs = [ %s %s system_packages %s ];
+    buildInputs = [ %s %s %s system_packages %s ];
       %s
   }',
   flag_git_archive,
   flag_rpkgs,
+  flag_tex_pkgs,
   flag_rstudio,
   shell_hook
   )
@@ -574,6 +595,7 @@ flag_rpkgs
                     rix_call),
     generate_rpkgs(cran_pkgs$rPackages),
     generate_git_archived_packages(git_pkgs, cran_pkgs$archive_pkgs),
+    generate_tex_pkgs(tex_pkgs),
     generate_system_pkgs(system_pkgs),
     generate_rstudio_pkgs(ide, flag_git_archive, flag_rpkgs),
     generate_shell(flag_git_archive, flag_rpkgs),
diff --git a/man/rix.Rd b/man/rix.Rd
index 5e8342d2..49425d15 100644
--- a/man/rix.Rd
+++ b/man/rix.Rd
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ rix(
   r_pkgs = NULL,
   system_pkgs = NULL,
   git_pkgs = NULL,
+  tex_pkgs = NULL,
   ide = "other",
   project_path = ".",
   overwrite = FALSE,
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ are not R packages such as command line applications for example.}
 
 \item{git_pkgs}{List. A list of packages to install from Git. See details for more information.}
 
+\item{tex_pkgs}{Vector of characters. A set of tex packages to install. Use this if you need to compile \code{.tex} documents, or build PDF documents using Quarto. If you don't know which package to add, start by adding "amsmath". See the Vignette "Authoring LaTeX documents" for more details.}
+
 \item{ide}{Character, defaults to "other". If you wish to use RStudio to work
 interactively use "rstudio" or "code" for Visual Studio Code. For other editors,
 use "other". This has been tested with RStudio, VS Code and Emacs. If other