diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cloudcompare/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/cloudcompare/package.nix
index 496b0e7a761e..bcefbc878f88 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/cloudcompare/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/cloudcompare/package.nix
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DPLUGIN_STANDARD_QRANSAC_SD=OFF" # not compatible with GPL, broken on non-x86
     "-DPLUGIN_STANDARD_QSRA=ON"
     "-DPLUGIN_STANDARD_QCLOUDLAYERS=ON"
+    # Fix the build with CMake 4, by overriding the minimum version globally, as support for < 3.5 was removed
+    # Ideally this can be removed at some time, but there are a lot of dependencies (e.g. plugins) which have a lower minimum version configured.
+    (lib.strings.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM" "3.5")
   ];
 
   dontWrapGApps = true;