diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.0.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.0.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.1.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f98d149c4829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, omake, ocaml, omake_rc1, libtiff, libjpeg, libpng, giflib, findlib, libXpm, freetype, graphicsmagick, ghostscript }:
+
+assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast (stdenv.lib.getVersion ocaml) "4.00";
+
+let
+  pname = "camlimages";
+  version = "4.1.2";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://bitbucket.org/camlspotter/camlimages/get/${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1ppddhfknpirj1vilm5dxgyp82kf7ahpvjmh7z75a1fnaqv3kpki";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ocaml omake_rc1 findlib graphicsmagick ghostscript ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [libtiff libjpeg libpng giflib freetype libXpm ];
+
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    omake
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    omake install
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/camlspotter/camlimages;
+    description = "OCaml image processing library";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f35b7ef1da62..7e93964838d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3532,10 +3532,12 @@ let
     camomile_0_8_2 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/camomile/0.8.2.nix { };
     camomile = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/camomile { };
 
-    camlimages = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/camlimages {
+    camlimages_4_0 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.0.nix {
       libpng = libpng12;
       giflib = giflib_4_1;
     };
+    camlimages_4_1 = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.1.nix {};
+    camlimages = camlimages_4_1;
 
     biniou = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/biniou { };
 
@@ -3720,7 +3722,8 @@ let
   // { lablgtk = ocamlPackages_3_10_0.lablgtk_2_14; };
   ocamlPackages_3_11_2 = (mkOcamlPackages ocaml_3_11_2 pkgs.ocamlPackages_3_11_2)
   // { lablgtk = ocamlPackages_3_11_2.lablgtk_2_14; };
-  ocamlPackages_3_12_1 = mkOcamlPackages ocaml_3_12_1 pkgs.ocamlPackages_3_12_1;
+  ocamlPackages_3_12_1 = (mkOcamlPackages ocaml_3_12_1 pkgs.ocamlPackages_3_12_1)
+  // { camlimages = ocamlPackages_3_12_1.camlimages_4_0; };
   ocamlPackages_4_00_1 = mkOcamlPackages ocaml_4_00_1 pkgs.ocamlPackages_4_00_1;
   ocamlPackages_4_01_0 = mkOcamlPackages ocaml_4_01_0 pkgs.ocamlPackages_4_01_0;
   ocamlPackages_4_02_0 = mkOcamlPackages ocaml_4_02_0 pkgs.ocamlPackages_4_02_0;
@@ -5195,9 +5198,10 @@ let
   glpk = callPackage ../development/libraries/glpk { };
 
   glsurf = callPackage ../applications/science/math/glsurf {
-    inherit (ocamlPackages) lablgl findlib camlimages ocaml_mysql mlgmp;
+    inherit (ocamlPackages) lablgl findlib ocaml_mysql mlgmp;
     libpng = libpng12;
     giflib = giflib_4_1;
+    camlimages = ocamlPackages.camlimages_4_0;
   };
 
   gmime = callPackage ../development/libraries/gmime { };