diff --git a/srcpkgs/mldonkey/template b/srcpkgs/mldonkey/template
index 1d06c2b89cd..f50e98fe950 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mldonkey/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mldonkey/template
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ checksum=632735d835c33d9815ae64aa8d4abb61b1bd8dd6c55ef66694f9254c97c2877d
 nocross=yes
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 export OCAMLPARAM="safe-string=0,_"
+
+broken="ocaml 4.08"