diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/graphics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/graphics/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a3217431b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/graphics/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, fetchurl, buildDunePackage, dune-configurator, libX11 }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+
+  pname = "graphics";
+  version = "5.1.0";
+
+  useDune2 = true;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/ocaml/graphics/releases/download/${version}/graphics-${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "16z997mp0ccilaqqvmz3wp7vx0ghaf4ik9qklgd4piklcl1yv5n5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ dune-configurator ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libX11 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ocaml/graphics";
+    description = "A set of portable drawing primitives";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 485dfa7d807e..7e12a3db3f78 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -347,6 +347,11 @@ let
 
     gmetadom = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/gmetadom { };
 
+    graphics =
+    if lib.versionOlder "4.09" ocaml.version
+    then callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/graphics { }
+    else null;
+
     graphql = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/graphql { };
 
     graphql-cohttp = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/graphql/cohttp.nix { };