diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/dune-release/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/dune-release/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba8fa4bba6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/dune-release/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchurl, makeWrapper
+, curly, fmt, bos, cmdliner, re, rresult, logs
+, odoc, opam-format, opam-core, opam-state
+, opam, git, findlib, mercurial, bzip2, gnutar, coreutils
+, alcotest, mdx
+}:
+
+# don't include dune as runtime dep, so user can
+# choose between dune and dune_2
+let runtimeInputs = [ opam findlib git mercurial bzip2 gnutar coreutils ];
+in buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "dune-release";
+  version = "1.3.3";
+
+  minimumOCamlVersion = "4.06";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/ocamllabs/${pname}/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "04qmgvjh1233ri878wi5kifdd1070w5pbfkd8yk3nnqnslz35zlb";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ curly fmt cmdliner re opam-format opam-state opam-core
+                  rresult logs odoc bos ];
+  checkInputs = [ alcotest mdx ];
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  useDune2 = true;
+
+  # remove check for curl in PATH, since curly is patched
+  # to have a fixed path to the binary in nix store
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/must_exist (Cmd\.v "curl"/d' lib/github.ml
+  '';
+
+  # tool specific env vars have been deprecated, use PATH
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/dune-release \
+      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath runtimeInputs}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Release dune packages in opam";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ocamllabs/dune-release";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sternenseemann ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bfb93600a99..14bc46ccb9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ in
 
   dua = callPackage ../tools/misc/dua { };
 
-  inherit (ocamlPackages) dune dune_2;
+  inherit (ocamlPackages) dune dune_2 dune-release;
 
   duperemove = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/duperemove { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 12441f44e6e..ab14c4876a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ let
 
     dune-private-libs = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dune-private-libs { };
 
+    dune-release = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/dune-release {
+      inherit (pkgs) opam git mercurial coreutils gnutar bzip2;
+    };
+
     duration =  callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/duration { };
 
     earley = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/earley { };