diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/homematicip_local/package.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/homematicip_local/package.nix
index d06117ec7f898..53899f975139d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/homematicip_local/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/homematicip_local/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildHomeAssistantComponent,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   hahomematic,
+  home-assistant,
 }:
 
 buildHomeAssistantComponent rec {
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ buildHomeAssistantComponent rec {
     hash = "sha256-H5Gf09C9/s2JYVTjgiYNe28mV18mqTiJ0ZDR6rnuojo=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    min_ha_version="$(sed -nr 's/^HMIP_LOCAL_MIN_HA_VERSION.*= "([0-9.]+)"$/\1/p' custom_components/homematicip_local/const.py)"
+    test \
+      "$(echo "$min_ha_version\n${home-assistant.version}" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "$min_ha_version" \
+      || (echo "error: only Home Assistant >= $min_ha_version is supported" && exit 1)
+  '';
+
   dependencies = [
     hahomematic
   ];