diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/polynomial/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/polynomial/default.nix
index e23ae5f25fa..cd56175d72d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/polynomial/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/polynomial/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "polynomial";
   version = "0.4.0";
   duneVersion = "3";
+  minimalOCamlVersion = "4.08";
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "nomadic-labs";
     repo = "cryptography/ocaml-polynomial";