diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/janestreet/async-rpc-kernel.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/janestreet/async-rpc-kernel.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f5ff6b9646f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/janestreet/async-rpc-kernel.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, buildOcamlJane, async_kernel, bin_prot, core_kernel,
+ fieldslib, ppx_assert, ppx_bench, ppx_driver, ppx_expect, ppx_inline_test,
+ ppx_jane, sexplib, typerep, variantslib}:
+
+buildOcamlJane rec {
+  name = "async_rpc_kernel";
+  hash = "0pvys7giqix1nfidw1f4i3r94cf03ba1mvhadpm2zpdir3av91sw";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ async_kernel bin_prot core_kernel fieldslib
+    ppx_assert ppx_bench ppx_driver ppx_expect ppx_inline_test ppx_jane
+    sexplib typerep variantslib ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/janestreet/async_rpc_kernel;
+    description = "Platform-independent core of Async RPC library";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.maurer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7e6a1b5a3a55..c0660da42ba5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5615,6 +5615,8 @@ in
       then callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/janestreet/async-kernel.nix {}
       else async_kernel_p4;
 
+    async_rpc_kernel = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/janestreet/async-rpc-kernel.nix {};
+
      async_unix =
       if lib.versionOlder "4.02" ocaml_version
       then callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/janestreet/async-unix.nix {}