diff --git a/ext/enchant/enchant.c b/ext/enchant/enchant.c
index a109c24062f0..0ca04b8b2f7f 100644
--- a/ext/enchant/enchant.c
+++ b/ext/enchant/enchant.c
@@ -348,6 +348,11 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(enchant_broker_set_dict_path)
 		default:
 			RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
+#else
+	/* enchant_broker_set_param() was removed in libenchant 2, so this build has
+	 * no dictionary path support. Report the failure instead of falling off the
+	 * end of the function, which would return null and violate the return type. */
+	RETURN_FALSE;
 #endif
 }
 /* }}} */
@@ -387,6 +392,9 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(enchant_broker_get_dict_path)
 	}
 
 	RETURN_STRING(value);
+#else
+	/* See enchant_broker_set_dict_path(). */
+	RETURN_FALSE;
 #endif
 }
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/ext/enchant/tests/dict_path_libenchant2.phpt b/ext/enchant/tests/dict_path_libenchant2.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b06da5ef0d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/enchant/tests/dict_path_libenchant2.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--TEST--
+enchant_broker_set_dict_path() / enchant_broker_get_dict_path() honour their return types without libenchant 1 support
+--EXTENSIONS--
+enchant
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!defined("LIBENCHANT_VERSION") || version_compare(LIBENCHANT_VERSION, "2", "<")) die('skip libenchant v2 only');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$broker = enchant_broker_init();
+var_dump(@enchant_broker_set_dict_path($broker, ENCHANT_MYSPELL, '/tmp'));
+var_dump(@enchant_broker_get_dict_path($broker, ENCHANT_MYSPELL));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+bool(false)
+bool(false)