diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/hidapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/hidapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd95b34fa2bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/hidapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, fetchurl, buildDunePackage, pkg-config
+, bigstring,
+}:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "hidapi";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/vbmithr/ocaml-hidapi/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "1j7rd7ajrzla76r3sxljx6fb18f4f4s3jd7vhv59l2ilxyxycai2";
+  };
+
+  minimumOCamlVersion = "4.03";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.hidapi pkg-config ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ bigstring ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/vbmithr/ocaml-hidapi;
+    description = "Bindings to Signal11's hidapi library";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.alexfmpe ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index f47fd2fbcfa2..720fd729efb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ let
 
     herelib = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/herelib { };
 
+    hidapi = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/hidapi { };
+
     higlo = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/higlo { };
 
     hkdf = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/hkdf { };