diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix
index 63c169f045f9..a0215fa81471 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix
@@ -1,56 +1,65 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ocaml, findlib, ocamlbuild, dune }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, ocaml, findlib, ocamlbuild
+, buildDunePackage
+}:
+
 let
   pname = "cppo";
-  webpage = "https://github.com/ocaml-community/${pname}";
-in
-assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "3.12";
-
-let param =
-  if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.02" then
-   (if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.03" then {
-    version = "1.6.6";
-    sha256 = "1smcc0l6fh2n0y6bp96c69j5nw755jja99w0b206wx3yb2m4w2hs";
-   } else {
-    version = "1.6.5";
-    sha256 = "03c0amszy28shinvz61hm340jz446zz5763a1pdqlza36kwcj0p0";
-   }) // {
-    buildInputs = [ dune ];
-    extra = {
-      inherit (dune) installPhase;
-    };
-  } else {
-    version = "1.5.0";
-    sha256 = "1xqldjz9risndnabvadw41fdbi5sa2hl4fnqls7j9xfbby1izbg8";
-    extra = {
-      createFindlibDestdir = true;
-      makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
-      preBuild = ''
-        mkdir $out/bin
-      '';
-    };
-  }
-; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation ({
-
-  name = "${pname}-${param.version}";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "mjambon";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${param.version}";
-    inherit (param) sha256;
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ocamlbuild ] ++ (param.buildInputs or []);
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "The C preprocessor for OCaml";
     longDescription = ''
       Cppo is an equivalent of the C preprocessor targeted at the OCaml language and its variants.
     '';
-    homepage = webpage;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ocaml-community/${pname}";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.vbgl ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;
   };
-} // param.extra)
+
+in
+
+if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.02" then
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  inherit pname;
+  version = "1.6.7";
+
+  useDune2 = true;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/ocaml-community/cppo/releases/download/v${version}/cppo-v${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "17ajdzrnmnyfig3s6hinb56mcmhywbssxhsq32dz0v90dhz3wmfv";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  inherit meta;
+}
+
+else
+
+let version = "1.5.0"; in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mjambon";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1xqldjz9risndnabvadw41fdbi5sa2hl4fnqls7j9xfbby1izbg8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ocamlbuild ];
+
+  inherit meta;
+
+  createFindlibDestdir = true;
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    mkdir $out/bin
+  '';
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/ocamlbuild.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/ocamlbuild.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..633dc6bc7bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/ocamlbuild.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, cppo, ocamlbuild }:
+
+if !lib.versionAtLeast (lib.getVersion cppo) "1.6"
+then cppo
+else
+
+buildDunePackage rec {
+  pname = "cppo_ocamlbuild";
+
+  inherit (cppo) version useDune2 src;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ocamlbuild ];
+
+  meta = cppo.meta // {
+    description = "Plugin to use cppo with ocamlbuild";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 5cc4cfb9a163..f16b55cf0938 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ let
 
     cppo = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/cppo { };
 
+    cppo_ocamlbuild = callPackage ../development/tools/ocaml/cppo/ocamlbuild.nix { };
+
     cpu = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/cpu { };
 
     cpuid = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/cpuid { };