diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-version/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-version/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45761e980498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-version/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, fetchurl, buildDunePackage, result }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+
+  pname = "ocaml-version";
+  version = "2.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/ocurrent/ocaml-version/releases/download/v${version}/ocaml-version-v${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "0c711lifl35xila9k0rvhijy9zm3shd37q3jgw7xf01hn1swg0hn";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ result ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Manipulate, parse and generate OCaml compiler version strings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ocurrent/ocaml-version";
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index e583ccb9a82a..f3be97c30a7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -585,6 +585,8 @@ let
 
     ocaml_text = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-text { };
 
+    ocaml-version = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-version { };
+
     ocf = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ocf { };
 
     ocp-build = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/ocp-build { };