diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_evasive/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_evasive/default.nix
index 129f44ab502f..c89e4100d38b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_evasive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_evasive/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, apacheHttpd }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, apacheHttpd }:
+
+if lib.versionAtLeast (lib.getVersion apacheHttpd) "2.4" then
+
+  throw "mod_evasive is not supported on Apache httpd 2.4"
+
+else
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "mod_evasive-1.10.1";