diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-random/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-random/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7532a979a516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-random/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildDunePackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cppo,
+  version ? "1.2.0",
+}:
+
+buildDunePackage {
+  pname = "stdlib-random";
+  inherit version;
+
+  minimalOCamlVersion = "4.08";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ocaml";
+    repo = "stdlib-random";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-rtdPQ/zXdywjhjLi60nMe1rks2yLP2TH4xUg5z/Bpjk=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cppo ];
+
+  meta = {
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Only;
+    description = "Compatibility library for Random number generation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ocaml/stdlib-random";
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 523eaaf91e5a..b0f9d2f4e324 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -1934,6 +1934,8 @@ let
 
         stdint = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/stdint { };
 
+        stdlib-random = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-random { };
+
         stdlib-shims = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/stdlib-shims { };
 
         stdune = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/stdune { };