diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/qcheck/core.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/qcheck/core.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa72a211ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/qcheck/core.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "qcheck-core";
+  version = "0.15";
+
+  minimumOCamlVersion = "4.03";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "c-cube";
+    repo = "qcheck";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1ywaklqm1agvxvzv7pwl8v4zlwc3ykw6l251w43f0gy9cfwqmh3j";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Core qcheck library";
+    homepage = "https://c-cube.github.io/qcheck/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index a7d9f04ee67..31b2c22532d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -886,6 +886,8 @@ let
 
     pycaml = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/pycaml { };
 
+    qcheck-core = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/qcheck/core.nix { };
+
     qcheck = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/qcheck { };
 
     qtest = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/qtest { };