diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/rresult/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/rresult/default.nix
index 3184e460a9a..0c1081159ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/rresult/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/rresult/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ocaml, findlib, ocamlbuild, topkg, result }:
 
+lib.throwIfNot (lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.07")
+  "rresult is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-rresult";
   version = "0.7.0";