diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/git/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/git/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13b85c0c570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/git/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ocaml, findlib, jbuilder, opam
+, astring, decompress, fmt, hex, logs, mstruct, ocaml_lwt, ocamlgraph, uri
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	version = "1.11.0";
+	name = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-git-${version}";
+
+	src = fetchFromGitHub {
+		owner = "mirage";
+		repo = "ocaml-git";
+		rev = version;
+		sha256 = "1gsvp783g4jb54ccvvpyjpxjmp0pjvlq0cicygk4z4rxs0crd6kw";
+	};
+
+	buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib jbuilder ];
+
+	propagatedBuildInputs = [ astring decompress fmt hex logs mstruct ocaml_lwt ocamlgraph uri ];
+
+	buildPhase = "jbuilder build -p git";
+
+	inherit (jbuilder) installPhase;
+
+	meta = {
+		description = "Git format and protocol in pure OCaml";
+		license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
+		maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+		inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+		inherit (ocaml.meta) platforms;
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 28e99df9f1a..1b2e23916ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ let
 
     gg = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/gg { };
 
+    git = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/git { };
+
     gmetadom = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/gmetadom { };
 
     gtktop = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/gtktop { };