diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console/default.nix
index ccde5c5f2ae..986084c3f54 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console/default.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "mirage-console";
-  version = "3.0.2";
+  version = "4.0.0";
+
+  minimumOCamlVersion = "4.08";
 
   useDune2 = true;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/mirage/mirage-console/releases/download/v${version}/mirage-console-v${version}.tbz";
-    sha256 = "1fygk7pvlmwx6vd0h4cv9935xxhi64k2dgym41wf6qfkxgpp31lm";
+    sha256 = "11nwfd4kmmdzkrkhbakdi3cxhk8vi98l17960rgcf85c602gw6vp";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ lwt mirage-device mirage-flow ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console/unix.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console/unix.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dea613511a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console/unix.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ buildDunePackage, mirage-console, lwt, cstruct, cstruct-lwt }:
+
+buildDunePackage {
+  pname = "mirage-console-unix";
+
+  inherit (mirage-console) version src useDune2 minimumOCamlVersion;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    mirage-console
+    cstruct
+    cstruct-lwt
+  ];
+
+  meta = mirage-console.meta // {
+    description = "Implementation of Mirage consoles for Unix";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 453a2e6d4c3..5cc4cfb9a16 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ let
 
     mirage-console = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console { };
 
+    mirage-console-unix = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/mirage-console/unix.nix { };
+
     mirage-crypto = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/mirage-crypto { };
 
     mirage-crypto-pk = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/mirage-crypto/pk.nix { };