diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/cpdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/cpdf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20f03667c3be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/cpdf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, ocaml, findlib, camlpdf, ncurses }:
+
+assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast (stdenv.lib.getVersion ocaml) "4.0";
+
+let version = "2.1.1"; in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ocaml-cpdf-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/johnwhitington/cpdf-source.git;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0c482wfa5q845k0ahx8irg1jl05ncn0kv42dg08zkph7xi6dmgnv";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ncurses ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ camlpdf ];
+
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp cpdf $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/share/
+    cp -r doc $out/share
+    cp cpdfmanual.pdf $out/share/doc/cpdf/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.coherentpdf.com/;
+    platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms;
+    description = "PDF Command Line Tools";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4ce077904a60..134116cba582 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3767,6 +3767,8 @@ let
 
     config-file = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/config-file { };
 
+    cpdf = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/cpdf { };
+
     cppo = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/cppo { };
 
     cryptokit = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/cryptokit { };