diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mlgmpidl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mlgmpidl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e12abe386b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mlgmpidl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ocaml, findlib, camlidl, gmp, mpfr }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-mlgmpidl-${version}";
+  version = "1.2.4";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nberth";
+    repo = "mlgmpidl";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "09f9rk2bavhb7cdwjpibjf8bcjk59z85ac9dr8nvks1s842dp65s";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gmp mpfr ocaml findlib camlidl ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    cp Makefile.config.model Makefile.config
+    sed -i Makefile.config \
+      -e 's|^MLGMPIDL_PREFIX.*$|MLGMPIDL_PREFIX = $out|' \
+      -e 's|^GMP_PREFIX.*$|GMP_PREFIX = ${gmp.dev}|' \
+      -e 's|^MPFR_PREFIX.*$|MPFR_PREFIX = ${mpfr.dev}|' \
+      -e 's|^CAMLIDL_DIR.*$|CAMLIDL_DIR = ${camlidl}/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/camlidl|'
+    echo HAS_NATIVE_PLUGINS = 1 >> Makefile.config
+    sed -i Makefile \
+      -e 's|^	/bin/rm |	rm |'
+  '';
+
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "OCaml interface to the GMP library";
+    homepage = https://www.inrialpes.fr/pop-art/people/bjeannet/mlxxxidl-forge/mlgmpidl/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    inherit (ocaml.meta) platforms;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 91e349eede99..c66bd2e518f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ let
 
     mlgmp =  callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/mlgmp { };
 
+    mlgmpidl =  callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/mlgmpidl { };
+
     nocrypto =  callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/nocrypto {
       lwt = ocaml_lwt;
     };