diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-core/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-core/package.nix
index 546270e84766..0613fd293174 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-core/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-core/package.nix
@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
+      'cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.11)' 'cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 4.1)'
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   postFixup = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/bpp-core/bpp-core-targets.cmake  \
-      --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
+      --replace-fail 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
   '';
   # prevents cmake from exporting incorrect INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
   # of form /nix/store/.../nix/store/.../include,
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-phyl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-phyl/package.nix
index 78baac39b99c..d2078dfaf454 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-phyl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-phyl/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bpp-phyl";
 
-  inherit (bpp-core) version;
+  inherit (bpp-core) version postPatch;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "BioPP";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-popgen/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-popgen/package.nix
index 72cee8055c1b..b62a86cd5c8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-popgen/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-popgen/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bpp-popgen";
 
-  inherit (bpp-core) version;
+  inherit (bpp-core) version postPatch;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "BioPP";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-seq/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-seq/package.nix
index 966b6f8d9065..59e92324395b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-seq/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bpp-seq/package.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bpp-seq";
 
-  inherit (bpp-core) version;
+  inherit (bpp-core) version postPatch;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "BioPP";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bppsuite/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bppsuite/package.nix
index 926b336f0c9f..1444767bac16 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bp/bppsuite/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bp/bppsuite/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
+  texinfo,
   bpp-core,
   bpp-seq,
   bpp-phyl,
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bppsuite";
 
-  inherit (bpp-core) version;
+  inherit (bpp-core) version postPatch;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "BioPP";
@@ -20,7 +21,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1wdwcgczqbc3m116vakvi0129wm3acln3cfc7ivqnalwvi6lrpds";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    texinfo
+  ];
   buildInputs = [
     bpp-core
     bpp-seq