diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dune-rpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dune-rpc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0b2d958169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dune-rpc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, dune_3, stdune, ordering, pp, xdg, dyn }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "dune-rpc";
+  inherit (dune_3) src version;
+
+  duneVersion = "3";
+
+  dontAddPrefix = true;
+
+  buildInputs = [ stdune ordering pp xdg dyn ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    rm -r vendor/csexp
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Library to connect and control a running dune instance";
+    inherit (dune_3.meta) homepage;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 138cf3ca857..0762e7f9ad6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ let
       inherit (pkgs) opam git mercurial coreutils gnutar bzip2;
     };
 
+    dune-rpc = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dune-rpc { };
+
     dune-site = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dune-site { };
 
     duration =  callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/duration { };