diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-shims/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-shims/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d76ec29e63a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-shims/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ buildDunePackage, lib, fetchurl, ocaml }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "stdlib-shims";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/ocaml/${pname}/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "1jv6yb47f66239m7hsz7zzw3i48mjpbvfgpszws48apqx63wjwsk";
+  };
+  minimumOCamlVersion = "4.02";
+  doCheck = true;
+  meta = {
+    description = "Shims for forward-compatibility between versions of the OCaml standard library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ocaml/stdlib-shims";
+    inherit (ocaml.meta) license;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 1541bb12ee1..76de3197b1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ let
 
     ssl = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ssl { };
 
+    stdlib-shims = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-shims { };
+
     stog = callPackage ../applications/misc/stog { };
 
     stringext = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/stringext { };