diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mlkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mlkit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fa581452507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mlkit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, mlton }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "mlkit";
+  version = "4.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "melsman";
+    repo = "mlkit";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0fc0y40qphn02857fv2dvhwzzsvgixzchx9i6i0x80xfv7z68fbh";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook mlton ];
+
+  buildFlags = ["mlkit" "mlkit_libs"];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Standard ML Compiler and Toolkit";
+    homepage = "https://elsman.com/mlkit/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ athas ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c95d210ffe5d..314f23b07b77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9041,6 +9041,8 @@ in
 
   mkcl = callPackage ../development/compilers/mkcl {};
 
+  mlkit = callPackage ../development/compilers/mlkit {};
+
   inherit (callPackage ../development/compilers/mlton {})
     mlton20130715
     mlton20180207Binary