diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk/2.14.0.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk/2.14.0.nix
index ba966b68002..2aa0842c55f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk/2.14.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/lablgtk/2.14.0.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ocaml, findlib, pkgconfig, gtk2, libgnomecanvas, libglade, gtksourceview, camlp4 }:
 
+if stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.04"
+then throw "lablgtk-2.14 is not available for OCaml ${ocaml.version}" else
+
 let
   pname = "lablgtk";
 in