diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/bigarray-compat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/bigarray-compat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d833b48f269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/bigarray-compat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "bigarray-compat";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mirage";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "06j1dwlpisxshdd0nab4n4x266gg1s1n8na16lpgw3fvcznwnimz";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Compatibility library to use Stdlib.Bigarray when possible";
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 64e2effa724f..8f7f76a3e25a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ let
 
     batteries = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/batteries { };
 
+    bigarray-compat = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/bigarray-compat { };
+
     bigstringaf = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/bigstringaf { };
 
     bistro = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/bistro { };