diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/gnuplot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/gnuplot/default.nix
index d939b884e875..038863aad978 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/gnuplot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/gnuplot/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "gnuplot";
   version = "0.7";
 
+  useDune2 = true;
+
   minimumOCamlVersion = "4.03";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {