diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wv/wv2/fix-libtool-location.patch b/pkgs/by-name/wv/wv2/fix-libtool-location.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b647de55e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wv/wv2/fix-libtool-location.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/cmake/MacroCreateLibtoolFile.cmake
++++ b/cmake/MacroCreateLibtoolFile.cmake
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ ENDMACRO (GET_TARGET_PROPERTY_WITH_DEFAULT)
+ 
+ MACRO(CREATE_LIBTOOL_FILE _target _install_DIR)
+-  GET_TARGET_PROPERTY(_target_location ${_target} LOCATION)
++
+   GET_TARGET_PROPERTY_WITH_DEFAULT(_target_static_lib ${_target} STATIC_LIB "")
+   GET_TARGET_PROPERTY_WITH_DEFAULT(_target_dependency_libs ${_target} LT_DEPENDENCY_LIBS "")
+   GET_TARGET_PROPERTY_WITH_DEFAULT(_target_current ${_target} LT_VERSION_CURRENT 0)
+@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
+   GET_TARGET_PROPERTY_WITH_DEFAULT(_target_shouldnotlink ${_target} LT_SHOULDNOTLINK yes)
+   GET_TARGET_PROPERTY_WITH_DEFAULT(_target_dlopen ${_target} LT_DLOPEN "")
+   GET_TARGET_PROPERTY_WITH_DEFAULT(_target_dlpreopen ${_target} LT_DLPREOPEN "")
+-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_laname ${_target_location} NAME_WE)
+-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_soname ${_target_location} NAME)
++  SET(_laname "lib${_target}")
++  SET(_soname "${_laname}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+   SET(_laname ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${_laname}.la)
+   FILE(WRITE ${_laname} "# ${_laname} - a libtool library file\n")
+   FILE(WRITE ${_laname} "# Generated by CMake ${CMAKE_VERSION} (like GNU libtool)\n")
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wv/wv2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wv/wv2/package.nix
index 1908fdf4e4be..2fa145158f29 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wv/wv2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wv/wv2/package.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1p1qxr8z5bsiq8pvlina3c8c1vjcb5d96bs3zz4jj3nb20wnsawz";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./fix-include.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-include.patch
+    ./fix-libtool-location.patch
+  ];
 
   # Newer versions of clang default to C++17, which removes some deprecated APIs such as bind1st.
   # Setting the language version to C++14 makes them available again.
@@ -40,6 +43,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${libxml2.dev}/include/libxml2";
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Excellent MS Word filter lib, used in most Office suites";
     mainProgram = "wv2-config";