diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.1.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.1.nix
index 77a252de52fd..31b4047efc81 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/camlimages/4.1.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast (stdenv.lib.getVersion ocaml) "4.00";
 
+if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.06"
+then throw "camlimages-4.1.2 is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}"
+else
+
 let
   pname = "camlimages";
   version = "4.1.2";