diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/containers/data.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/containers/data.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d15d7d3c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/containers/data.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ buildDunePackage, containers
+, gen, iter, mdx, ounit, qcheck
+}:
+
+buildDunePackage {
+  pname = "containers-data";
+
+  inherit (containers) src version;
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkInputs = [ gen iter mdx.bin ounit qcheck ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ containers ];
+
+  meta = containers.meta // {
+    description = "A set of advanced datatypes for containers";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 720fd729efb..110bc986b80 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ let
 
     containers = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/containers { };
 
+    containers-data = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/containers/data.nix { };
+
     cow = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/cow { };
 
     cpdf = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/cpdf { };