diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dream/pure.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dream/pure.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..884715f67cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dream/pure.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildDunePackage,
+  fetchurl,
+  lwt_ppx,
+  base64,
+  hmap,
+  lwt,
+  ptime,
+  uri,
+}:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "dream-pure";
+  version = "1.0.0-alpha8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/aantron/dream/releases/download/${version}/dream-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-I+2BKJDAP+XJl0pJYano5iEmvte8fX0UQLhGUslc8pY=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ lwt_ppx ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    base64
+    hmap
+    lwt
+    ptime
+    uri
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Shared HTTP types for Dream (server) and Hyper (client)";
+    homepage = "https://aantron.github.io/dream/";
+    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 73a1ce489819..89ff519e88a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ let
 
     dot-merlin-reader = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/merlin/dot-merlin-reader.nix { };
 
+    dream-pure = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dream/pure.nix { };
+
     dscheck = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dscheck { };
 
     dssi = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/dssi { };