diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
index 59b2fd241..c9126fba5 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ employed so that flycheck still does *some* helpful linting.")
       (pcase-dolist (`(,var . ,val) variables)
         (cond ((memq var ignored-local-variables))
               ((memq var '(mode unibyte coding)))
-              ((eq var 'eval))
+              ((eq var 'eval)
+               (and enable-local-eval
+                    (not (or (hack-one-local-variable-eval-safep val)
+                             (safe-local-variable-p var val)))
+                    (message "Ignoring unsafe form in file local variable: %S" val)))
               ((not (safe-local-variable-p var val))
                (message "Ignoring unsafe file local variable: %S" var))
               ((risky-local-variable-p var val)