diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/bitv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/bitv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..359d83b4762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/bitv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, autoreconfHook, which, ocaml, findlib }:
+
+if !stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.02"
+then throw "bitv is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+else
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-bitv-${version}";
+  version = "1.3";
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/backtracking/bitv/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0vkh1w9fpi5m1sgiqg6r38j3fqglhdajmbyiyr91113lrpljm75i";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook which ocaml findlib ];
+
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A bit vector library for OCaml";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/backtracking/bitv";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+    inherit (ocaml.meta) platforms;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 1fffa3fa800..10eb72da19e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ let
 
     bitstring = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/bitstring { };
 
+    bitv = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/bitv { };
+
     bolt = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/bolt { };
 
     bos = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/bos { };