diff --git a/srcpkgs/coccinelle/template b/srcpkgs/coccinelle/template
index 62625e5b000..c22234da70b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/coccinelle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/coccinelle/template
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ homepage="http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/"
 distfiles="http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/distrib/coccinelle-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=475e2bed5486023d19d9e0dec5e109b04b872a9917b62faf83ce3521676f728b
 
+broken="ocaml 4.08"
+
 export OCAMLPARAM="safe-string=0,_"
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 nocross=yes