diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/shared.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/shared.nix
index fbb4960dc8fa..cd674e41815e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/shared.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/shared.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ in {
       featuresInfo
       python
     ;
+    gnuradioOlder = lib.versionOlder versionAttr.major;
+    gnuradioAtLeast = lib.versionAtLeast versionAttr.major;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (hasFeature "gr-qtgui") {
     inherit qt;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (hasFeature "gnuradio-companion") {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/mkDerivation.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/mkDerivation.nix
index 014968f82cc6..b35c93f90abd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/mkDerivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/mkDerivation.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ mkDerivation:
 args:
 
 # Check if it's supposed to not get built for the current gnuradio version
-if (builtins.hasAttr "disabledForGRafter" args) &&
-(lib.versionAtLeast unwrapped.versionAttr.major args.disabledForGRafter) then
+if (builtins.hasAttr "disabled" args) && args.disabled then
 let name = args.name or "${args.pname}"; in
 throw "Package ${name} is incompatible with GNURadio ${unwrapped.versionAttr.major}"
 else
 
+if builtins.hasAttr "disabledForGRafter" args then
+throw ''
+  `disabledForGRafter` is superseded by `disabled`.
+  Use `disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "${unwrapped.versionAttr.major}";` instead.
+''
+else
+
 let
   args_ = {
     enableParallelBuilding = args.enableParallelBuilding or true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/gnuradio-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/gnuradio-packages.nix
index 08cc25980240..5adac2cf98e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/gnuradio-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/gnuradio-packages.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ let
     ;
     inherit mkDerivationWith mkDerivation;
     inherit gnuradio;
+    inherit (gnuradio) gnuradioOlder gnuradioAtLeast;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (gnuradio.hasFeature "gr-uhd") {
     inherit (gnuradio) uhd;
   });