diff --git a/Config.mk b/Config.mk
index a0d2be8..f36bca8 100644
--- a/Config.mk
+++ b/Config.mk
@@ -159,8 +159,16 @@ XENSTAT_XENTOP     ?= y
 VTPM_TOOLS         ?= n
 LIBXENAPI_BINDINGS ?= n
 PYTHON_TOOLS       ?= y
-OCAML_TOOLS        ?= n
+OCAML_TOOLS        ?= y
 CONFIG_MINITERM    ?= n
 CONFIG_LOMOUNT     ?= n
 
+ifeq ($(OCAML_TOOLS),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_Linux),y)
+OCAML_TOOLS := $(shell ocamlopt -v > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "y" || echo "n")
+else
+OCAML_TOOLS := n
+endif
+endif
+
 -include $(XEN_ROOT)/.config