diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0738a972..df1ce127 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@
           path = ./templates/basic-overlay-flake;
           description = "Basic overlay as a flake";
         };
+        sample-nixos-template = {
+          path = ./templates/sample-nixos-template;
+          description = "Simple sample Nix flake with NixOS and home-manager";
+        };
       };
 
       # No amount of formatters will make this codebase nicer but it sure does
diff --git a/templates/sample-nixos-template/flake.nix b/templates/sample-nixos-template/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..265d1382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/sample-nixos-template/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  description = "Very simple sample of a Nix flake with NixOS and home-manager";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    home-manager.url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }: let
+    system = "x85_64-linux";
+  in {
+    nixosConfigurations.desktop = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+      inherit system;
+      modules = [ ./hosts/desktop ];
+    };
+
+    homeConfigurations.foodogsquared = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+      modules = [ ./users/foodogsquared ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/templates/sample-nixos-template/hosts/desktop/default.nix b/templates/sample-nixos-template/hosts/desktop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fe0bb30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/sample-nixos-template/hosts/desktop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  system.stateVersion = "23.05";
+}
diff --git a/templates/sample-nixos-template/users/foodogsquared/default.nix b/templates/sample-nixos-template/users/foodogsquared/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..853c9636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/sample-nixos-template/users/foodogsquared/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  home.stateVersion = "23.05";
+}