diff --git a/lib/ocaml/baseline/expected.json b/lib/ocaml/baseline/expected.json
index 7bf2e72e..6b51c383 100644
--- a/lib/ocaml/baseline/expected.json
+++ b/lib/ocaml/baseline/expected.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "module_use.ml": 3,
   "mutable_record.ml": 10,
   "option_match.ml": 5,
+  "queens.ml": 2,
   "quicksort.ml": 44,
   "sum_squares.ml": 385,
   "word_count.ml": 3
diff --git a/lib/ocaml/baseline/queens.ml b/lib/ocaml/baseline/queens.ml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2effdb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ocaml/baseline/queens.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+(* Baseline: n-queens count for n=6.
+   We count placements of n queens on an n×n board such that no two
+   share a row, column, or diagonal. *)
+
+let safe q queens =
+  let rec go qs offset =
+    match qs with
+    | [] -> true
+    | h :: t ->
+      if h = q then false
+      else if h - q = offset then false
+      else if q - h = offset then false
+      else go t (offset + 1)
+  in
+  go queens 1
+;;
+
+let rec range a b =
+  if a > b then [] else a :: range (a + 1) b
+;;
+
+let rec solve n queens row =
+  if row > n then 1
+  else
+    List.fold_left
+      (fun acc col ->
+        if safe col queens then
+          acc + solve n (col :: queens) (row + 1)
+        else
+          acc)
+      0
+      (range 1 n)
+;;
+
+solve 4 [] 1
diff --git a/lib/ocaml/baseline/run.sh b/lib/ocaml/baseline/run.sh
index 8d5e75e7..c26fbdb0 100755
--- a/lib/ocaml/baseline/run.sh
+++ b/lib/ocaml/baseline/run.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for f in lib/ocaml/baseline/*.ml; do
 (eval "(ocaml-run-program (file-read \"$f\"))")
 EOF
 
-  output=$(timeout 120 "$SX_SERVER" < "$TMP" 2>/dev/null)
+  output=$(timeout 240 "$SX_SERVER" < "$TMP" 2>/dev/null)
   rm -f "$TMP"
 
   result=$(echo "$output" | awk '
diff --git a/plans/ocaml-on-sx.md b/plans/ocaml-on-sx.md
index 41d171f2..a5fdfeb0 100644
--- a/plans/ocaml-on-sx.md
+++ b/plans/ocaml-on-sx.md
@@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ _Newest first._
   binary search tree (`type 'a tree = Leaf | Node of 'a * 'a tree *
   'a tree`) with insert + in-order traversal. Tests parametric ADT,
   recursive match, List.append, List.fold_left.
+- 2026-05-08 Phase 5.1 — queens.ml baseline (15/15 pass). 4-queens
+  count via recursive backtracking with `List.fold_left`. Returns 2
+  (the two solutions of 4-queens). Per-program timeout in run.sh
+  bumped to 240s — tree-walking interpreter is slow on heavy recursion
+  but correct. The substrate handles full backtracking + safe-check
+  recursion + list-driven candidate enumeration end-to-end.
 - 2026-05-08 Phase 5.1 — mutable_record.ml baseline (14/14 pass).
   Counter-style record with two mutable fields, bump function uses
   `r.f <- v` to mutate. End-to-end validates type decl + record