diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/git-unix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/git-unix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fd4fd926492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/git-unix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, ocaml, findlib, jbuilder, git-http
+, ocaml_lwt, tls, conduit, magic-mime, cmdliner, mtime
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-git-unix-${version}";
+	inherit (git-http) version src;
+
+	buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib jbuilder cmdliner mtime ];
+
+	propagatedBuildInputs = [ conduit git-http magic-mime ocaml_lwt tls ];
+
+	buildPhase = "jbuilder build -p git-unix";
+
+	inherit (jbuilder) installPhase;
+
+	meta = {
+		description = "Unix backend for the Git protocol(s)";
+		inherit (git-http.meta) homepage license maintainers platforms;
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index a7db46f21f1a..c27dd65beebe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ let
 
     git-http = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/git-http { };
 
+    git-unix = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/git-unix { };
+
     gmetadom = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/gmetadom { };
 
     gtktop = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/gtktop { };