diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
index bf0ae24ff03d..90ee8d905a6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,35 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchzip, ocaml, findlib, ocamlbuild, topkg, opam, cmdliner, astring, fmt, result }:
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, ocaml, findlib, ocamlbuild, topkg, opam, jbuilder
+, cmdliner, astring, fmt, result
+}:
+
+let param =
+  if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.02" then {
+    version = "0.8.1";
+    sha256 = "1bjhgwmshlaz9xncrrkknys7prigf8vlg1kqvfx9l8kn92mlf10b";
+    buildInputs = [ jbuilder ];
+    buildPhase = "jbuilder build -p alcotest";
+    inherit (jbuilder) installPhase;
+  } else {
+    version = "0.7.2";
+    sha256 = "1qgsz2zz5ky6s5pf3j3shc4fjc36rqnjflk8x0wl1fcpvvkr52md";
+    buildInputs = [ ocamlbuild opam topkg ];
+    inherit (topkg) buildPhase installPhase;
+  };
+in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-alcotest-${version}";
-  version = "0.7.2";
+  inherit (param) version buildPhase installPhase;
 
   src = fetchzip {
     url = "https://github.com/mirage/alcotest/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1qgsz2zz5ky6s5pf3j3shc4fjc36rqnjflk8x0wl1fcpvvkr52md";
+    inherit (param) sha256;
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ocamlbuild opam topkg ];
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ] ++ param.buildInputs;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ cmdliner astring fmt result ];
 
-  inherit (topkg) buildPhase installPhase;
-
   createFindlibDestdir = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {