diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/metrics/unix.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/metrics/unix.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45a92f108038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/metrics/unix.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, gnuplot, ocaml_lwt, metrics, metrics-lwt, mtime, uuidm }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+
+  pname = "metrics-unix";
+
+  inherit (metrics) version src;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gnuplot ocaml_lwt metrics mtime uuidm ];
+
+  checkInputs = lib.optional doCheck metrics-lwt;
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = metrics.meta // {
+    description = "Unix backend for the Metrics library";
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 55ef0c052b17..ddd13784b5da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ let
 
     metrics-lwt = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/metrics/lwt.nix { };
 
+    metrics-unix = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/metrics/unix.nix { };
+
     mezzo = callPackage ../development/compilers/mezzo { };
 
     minisat = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/minisat { };