diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/xtmpl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/xtmpl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3d7637e870d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/xtmpl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ocaml, findlib, uutf, sedlex, ppx_tools, js_of_ocaml
+, re }:
+
+if stdenv.lib.versionOlder ocaml.version "4.03"
+then throw "xtmpl not supported for ocaml ${ocaml.version}"
+else
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xtmpl-${version}";
+  version = "0.16.0";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "zoggy";
+    repo = "xtmpl";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1dj5b4b266y4d8q3v1g0xsivz4vkhj0gi0jis37w84xcnlgiik8k";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ppx_tools js_of_ocaml ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sedlex uutf re ];
+
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Xml template library for OCaml";
+    homepage = "https://zoggy.github.io/xtmpl/";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms or [];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ regnat ];
+  };
+}
+
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index aa2c8fd87da9..9c105847581f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ let
 
     xml-light = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/xml-light { };
 
+    xtmpl = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/xtmpl { };
+
     yojson = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/yojson { };
 
     zarith = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/zarith { };