diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sqlite3EZ/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sqlite3EZ/default.nix
index ef9c254aba1..e8f248ee4a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sqlite3EZ/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sqlite3EZ/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast (stdenv.lib.getVersion ocaml) "3.12";
 
+if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.06"
+then throw "sqlite3EZ is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+else
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "ocaml-sqlite3EZ-0.1.0";