diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/react/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/react/default.nix
index 6b0e694d54a0..dfc8dcd1439c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/react/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/react/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, findlib, opam}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "ocaml-react-1.0.1";
+  name = "ocaml-react-1.1.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://erratique.ch/software/react/releases/react-1.0.1.tbz";
-    sha256 = "007c9kzl0i6xvxnqj9jny4hgm28v9a1i079q53vl5hfb5f7h1mda";
+    url = http://erratique.ch/software/react/releases/react-1.1.0.tbz;
+    sha256 = "1gymn8hy7ga0l9qymmb1jcnnkqvy7l2zr87xavzqz0dfi9ci8dm7";
   };
 
   unpackCmd = "tar xjf $src";
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   configurePhase = "ocaml pkg/git.ml";
   buildPhase     = "ocaml pkg/build.ml native=true native-dynlink=true";
-  installPhase   = ''
+
+  installPhase   =
+  let ocamlVersion = (builtins.parseDrvName (ocaml.name)).version;
+  in
+   ''
     opam-installer --script --prefix=$out react.install > install.sh
+    sed -i s!lib/react!lib/ocaml/${ocamlVersion}/site-lib/react! install.sh
     sh install.sh
   '';
 
@@ -25,6 +30,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Applicative events and signals for OCaml";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ z77z vbmithr ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ z77z vbmithr gal_bolle];
   };
 }