diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lwt/camlp4.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lwt/camlp4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53f0435f462f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lwt/camlp4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildDunePackage, camlp4 }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "lwt_camlp4";
+  version = "git-20180325";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ocsigen";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "45f25a081e01071ab566924b48ba5f7553bb33ac";
+    sha256 = "1lv8z6ljfy47yvxmwf5jrvc5d3dc90r1n291x53j161sf22ddrk9";
+  };
+
+  minimumOCamlVersion = "4.02";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ camlp4 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Camlp4 syntax extension for Lwt (deprecated)";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 8df57e8d710a..d357a59f6123 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ let
 
     ocaml_lwt = if lib.versionOlder "4.02" ocaml.version then lwt4 else lwt2;
 
+    lwt_camlp4 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/lwt/camlp4.nix { };
+
     lwt_log = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/lwt_log {
       lwt = lwt4;
     };