Index: bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
===================================================================
--- bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
+++ bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 type llmemorybuffer
 type llmdkind
 
+exception FeatureDisabled of string
+
+let () = Callback.register_exception "Llvm.FeatureDisabled" (FeatureDisabled "")
+
 module TypeKind = struct
   type t =
   | Void
Index: bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
===================================================================
--- bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
+++ bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@
 
 (** {6 Exceptions} *)
 
+exception FeatureDisabled of string
+
 exception IoError of string
 
 
Index: bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
===================================================================
--- bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
+++ bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
@@ -336,7 +336,12 @@
 
 /* lltype -> unit */
 CAMLprim value llvm_dump_type(LLVMTypeRef Val) {
+#if !defined(NDEBUG) || defined(LLVM_ENABLE_DUMP)
   LLVMDumpType(Val);
+#else
+  char Message[] = "dump";
+  llvm_raise(*caml_named_value("Llvm.FeatureDisabled"), Message);
+#endif
   return Val_unit;
 }