diff --git a/lib/GHCup.hs b/lib/GHCup.hs
index 3a6f315..a383d2c 100644
--- a/lib/GHCup.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup.hs
@@ -868,6 +868,8 @@ setGHC ver sghc = do
   -- create symlink for share dir
   when (isNothing . _tvTarget $ ver) $ lift $ symlinkShareDir ghcdir verS
 
+  when (sghc == SetGHCOnly) $ lift warnAboutHlsCompatibility
+
   pure ver
 
  where
@@ -978,6 +980,8 @@ setHLS ver = do
 
   lift $ createLink destL wrapper
 
+  lift warnAboutHlsCompatibility
+
   pure ()
 
 
@@ -1010,6 +1014,29 @@ setStack ver = do
   pure ()
 
 
+-- | Warn if the installed and set HLS is not compatible with the installed and
+-- set GHC version.
+warnAboutHlsCompatibility :: ( MonadReader env m
+                             , HasDirs env
+                             , HasLog env
+                             , MonadThrow m
+                             , MonadCatch m
+                             , MonadIO m
+                             )
+                          => m ()
+warnAboutHlsCompatibility = do
+  supportedGHC <- hlsGHCVersions
+  currentGHC   <- fmap _tvVersion <$> ghcSet Nothing
+  currentHLS   <- hlsSet
+
+  case (currentGHC, currentHLS) of
+    (Just gv, Just hv) | gv `notElem` supportedGHC -> do
+      logWarn $ "GHC " <> T.pack (prettyShow gv) <> " is not compatible with "
+        <> "Haskell Language Server " <> T.pack (prettyShow hv) <> "."
+      logWarn "Haskell IDE support may not work until this is fixed."
+      logWarn $ "Install a different HLS version, or run `ghcup list` to see "
+        <> "supported GHC versions."
+    _ -> return ()
 
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