diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..348421f53912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, fetchurl, ppxlib, ppx_deriving, buildDunePackage }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "sel";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+
+  minimalOCamlVersion = "4.07";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/gares/sel/releases/download/v${version}/sel-${version}.tbz";
+    hash = "sha256-Sp0eSeKyFmMvOQrebqLKP+HbHQB0D0eAmEjDzxnFL1I=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    ppxlib
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    ppx_deriving
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple event library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/gares/sel/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 0e7e26bfc82a..457f306698e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -1541,6 +1541,8 @@ let
 
     sedlex = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/sedlex { };
 
+    sel = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/sel {};
+
     semaphore-compat = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/semaphore-compat { };
 
     semver = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/semver { };