diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/uuseg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/uuseg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0101c43e504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/uuseg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, findlib, opam, uucp, uutf, cmdliner }:
+
+let
+  inherit (stdenv.lib) getVersion versionAtLeast;
+
+  pname = "uuseg";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+  webpage = "http://erratique.ch/software/${pname}";
+in
+
+assert versionAtLeast (getVersion ocaml) "4.01";
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+
+  name = "ocaml-${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${webpage}/releases/${pname}-${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "00n4zi8dyw2yzi4nr2agcrr33b0q4dr9mgnkczipf4c0gm5cm50h";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib opam cmdliner ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ uucp uutf ];
+
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
+  unpackCmd = "tar xjf $src";
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    ocaml pkg/build.ml \
+      native=true native-dynlink=true \
+      uutf=true cmdliner=true
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    opam-installer --script --prefix=$out ${pname}.install | sh
+    ln -s $out/lib/${pname} $out/lib/ocaml/${getVersion ocaml}/site-lib/${pname}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An OCaml library for segmenting Unicode text";
+    homepage = "${webpage}";
+    platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 58e2f1673f4..07d0f6938c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3820,6 +3820,7 @@ let
     uucd = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/uucd { };
     uucp = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/uucp { };
     uunf = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/uunf { };
+    uuseg = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/uuseg { };
     uutf = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/uutf { };
 
     vg = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/vg { };