diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/farfadet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/farfadet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..080cc74998df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/farfadet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, findlib, ocamlbuild, topkg
+, faraday
+}:
+
+if !stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.3"
+then throw "farfadet is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+else
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-farfadet-${version}";
+  version = "0.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/oklm-wsh/Farfadet/releases/download/v${version}/farfadet-${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "06wvd57c8khpq0c2hvm15zng269zvabsw1lcaqphqdcckl67nsxr";
+  };
+
+  unpackCmd = "tar -xjf $curSrc";
+
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ocamlbuild topkg ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ faraday ];
+
+  inherit (topkg) buildPhase installPhase;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A printf-like for Faraday library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/oklm-wsh/Farfadet";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+    inherit (ocaml.meta) platforms;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index b83e77627efb..7fd18a664637 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ let
 
     faraday = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/faraday { };
 
+    farfadet = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/farfadet { };
+
     fieldslib_p4 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/fieldslib { };
 
     fileutils = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/fileutils { };