diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ppx_deriving_yaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ppx_deriving_yaml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dfd8edd573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ppx_deriving_yaml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchurl, ppxlib, alcotest
+, ppx_deriving, yaml
+}:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "ppx_deriving_yaml";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  useDune2 = true;
+
+  minimalOCamlVersion = "4.08";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/patricoferris/ppx_deriving_yaml/releases/download/v${version}/ppx_deriving_yaml-v${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "kdonUD4Y8QhVSAFAafIpXBFPkS4pSScYwJbaWMn/6pA=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ppxlib ppx_deriving yaml ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkInputs = [ alcotest ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A YAML codec generator for OCaml";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/patricoferris/ppx_deriving_yaml";
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 329d49323c8..417ce76331f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -1156,6 +1156,8 @@ let
 
     ppx_deriving_yojson = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ppx_deriving_yojson {};
 
+    ppx_deriving_yaml = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ppx_deriving_yaml {};
+
     ppx_deriving_cmdliner = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ppx_deriving_cmdliner {};
 
     ppx_gen_rec = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ppx_gen_rec {};