diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/utop/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/utop/default.nix
index c5c0ac9a3ed8..c9addf55312c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/utop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/utop/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, findlib, lambdaTerm, ocaml_lwt, makeWrapper,
- ocaml_react, camomile, zed
+ ocaml_react, camomile, zed, cppo, camlp4
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.15";
+  version = "1.17";
   name = "utop-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://github.com/diml/utop/archive/1.15.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "106v0x6sa2x10zgmjf73mpzws7xiqanxswivd00iqnpc0bcpkmrr";
+    url = "https://github.com/diml/utop/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0l9lz2nypl2ls3kqzmp738m02yvscabhsfpj70ckp0p98pimnnfd";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib makeWrapper];
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib makeWrapper cppo camlp4 ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ lambdaTerm ocaml_lwt ];
 
   createFindlibDestdir = true;
 
+  configureFlags = "--enable-camlp4";
+
   buildPhase = ''
     make
     make doc