diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-lsp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-lsp/default.nix
index 7ff18822e93..a56621465f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-lsp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-lsp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ buildDunePackage, jsonrpc, lsp }:
+{ buildDunePackage, jsonrpc, lsp, makeWrapper, dot-merlin-reader }:
 
 buildDunePackage {
   pname = "ocaml-lsp-server";
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ buildDunePackage {
 
   buildInputs = lsp.buildInputs ++ [ lsp ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/ocamllsp --prefix PATH : ${dot-merlin-reader}/bin
+  '';
+
   meta = jsonrpc.meta // {
     description = "OCaml Language Server Protocol implementation";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/merlin/dot-merlin-reader.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/merlin/dot-merlin-reader.nix
index 009998a3f85..b3b73776058 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/merlin/dot-merlin-reader.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/merlin/dot-merlin-reader.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, ocamlPackages }:
-
-with ocamlPackages;
+{ lib, fetchurl, yojson, csexp, result, buildDunePackage }:
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "dot-merlin-reader";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dfc782542c6..9d084dfc973 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ in
 
   dotenv-linter = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/dotenv-linter { };
 
-  dot-merlin-reader = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/merlin/dot-merlin-reader.nix { };
+  inherit (ocamlPackages) dot-merlin-reader;
 
   dozenal = callPackage ../applications/misc/dozenal { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 0e3b21e59ad..6a8d29e42b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ let
 
     merlin-extend = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/merlin-extend { };
 
+    dot-merlin-reader = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/merlin/dot-merlin-reader.nix { };
+
     metrics = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/metrics { };
 
     metrics-influx = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/metrics/influx.nix { };