diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocurl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocurl/default.nix
index 0b90cd4b6aad..8c8d45192494 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocurl/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, pkgconfig, ocaml, findlib, fetchurl, curl, ncurses }:
 
+if stdenv.lib.versionOlder ocaml.version "4.02"
+then throw "ocurl is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+else
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ocurl-0.8.2";
   src = fetchurl {