diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/parse-argv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/parse-argv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64cc7c0c6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/parse-argv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, fetchurl, buildDunePackage, ocaml
+, astring
+, ounit
+}:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "parse-argv";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  minimumOCamlVersion = "4.03";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/mirage/parse-argv/releases/download/v${version}/parse-argv-v${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "06dl04fcmwpkydzni2fzwrhk0bqypd55mgxfax9v82x65xrgj5gw";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ astring ];
+
+  doCheck = lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.04";
+  checkInputs = [ ounit ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Process strings into sets of command-line arguments";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mirage/parse-argv";
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index bad6c505d7b..715c1dc0a92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -750,6 +750,8 @@ let
 
     ounit2 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ounit2 { };
 
+    parse-argv = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/parse-argv { };
+
     pgsolver = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/pgsolver { };
 
     phylogenetics = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/phylogenetics { };