diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl-base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl-base/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2546f3e93ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl-base/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub, integers, stdlib-shims }:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "owl-base";
+  version = "0.7.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "owlbarn";
+    repo   = "owl";
+    rev    = version;
+    sha256 = "1v4jfn3w18zq188f9gskx9ffja3xx59j2mgrw6azp8lsbqixg5xk";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ stdlib-shims ];
+
+  minimumOCamlVersion = "4.06";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Numerical computing library for Ocaml";
+    homepage = "https://ocaml.xyz";
+    platforms = platforms.x86_64;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bcdarwin ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95d4f6da704c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ stdenv, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub, alcotest
+, eigen, stdio, stdlib-shims, openblasCompat, owl-base
+}:
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "owl";
+
+  inherit (owl-base) version src meta;
+
+  buildInputs = [ eigen ];
+  checkInputs = [ alcotest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ stdio stdlib-shims openblasCompat owl-base ];
+
+  # tests not enabled for now due to owlbarn/owl/issues/460
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 4bef7965750c..7e5aa6598c17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -605,6 +605,10 @@ let
 
     owee = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/owee { };
 
+    owl-base = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/owl-base { };
+
+    owl = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/owl { };
+
     ounit = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ounit { };
 
     pgsolver = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/pgsolver { };