diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lens/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lens/default.nix
index 4a9706b4ba83..c26b3dbe7374 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lens/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lens/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip, ppx_deriving, ppxfind, buildDunePackage }:
+{ lib, ocaml, fetchzip, ppx_deriving, ppxfind, buildDunePackage }:
+
+if lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.10"
+then throw "lens is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+else
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "lens";