diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/config-file/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/config-file/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15eb06667778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/config-file/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, findlib, camlp4 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ocaml-config-file-1.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = https://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/download.php/1387/config-file-1.2.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1b02yxcnsjhr05ssh2br2ka4hxsjpdw34ldl3nk33wfnkwk7g67q";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib camlp4 ];
+
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://config-file.forge.ocamlcore.org/;
+    platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms;
+    description = "An OCaml library used to manage the configuration file(s) of an application";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd9dc457a01f..775efdc5d949 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3711,6 +3711,8 @@ let
 
     cmdliner = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/cmdliner { };
 
+    config-file = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/config-file { };
+
     cppo = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/cppo { };
 
     cryptokit = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/cryptokit { };