diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/faillib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/faillib/default.nix
index 98acc8032e3f..9b80433b6d19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/faillib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/faillib/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{stdenv, buildOcaml, fetchurl, herelib, camlp4}:
+{ stdenv, buildOcaml, fetchurl, ocaml, herelib, camlp4 }:
+
+if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.06"
+then throw "faillib-111.17.00 is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+else
 
 buildOcaml rec {
   minimumSupportedOcamlVersion = "4.00";