diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 549b60e..dc39eef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ conda activate oranchada
 pip install -e .
 ```
 
+To develop or test with the latest [ramanchada2](https://github.com/h2020charisma/ramanchada2) from Git, an alternative conda environment is also provided for convenience:
+
+```
+conda env create -f environment-dev.yml
+```
 
 ### Python venv
 
diff --git a/environment-dev.yml b/environment-dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc485ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment-dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+name: oranchada-dev
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.11
+  - orange3
+  - pyqt
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+    - git+https://github.com/h2020charisma/ramanchada2.git
+    - -e .