diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/client.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/client.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d007533fe45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/client.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, dns, ocaml_lwt, mirage-clock, mirage-random, mirage-stack, mtime, randomconv }:
+
+buildDunePackage {
+  pname = "dns-client";
+  inherit (dns) src version;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dns mtime ocaml_lwt mirage-clock mirage-random mirage-stack randomconv ];
+
+  meta = dns.meta // {
+    description = "Pure DNS resolver API";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 4296d0d6ccaf..d3f02912f531 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ let
 
     dns =  callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dns { };
 
+    dns-client =  callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dns/client.nix { };
+
     dolmen =  callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dolmen { };
 
     dolog = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dolog { };