diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/linenoise/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/linenoise/default.nix
index dd5504dda5ca..eaeb053239e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/linenoise/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/linenoise/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "linenoise";
   version = "1.3.0";
 
+  useDune2 = true;
+
   minimumOCamlVersion = "4.02";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {