diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zd/zdbsp/fix-cmake-version.patch b/pkgs/by-name/zd/zdbsp/fix-cmake-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcdd0faa8b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zd/zdbsp/fix-cmake-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index b0ac4c0..fa681a9 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.4 )
++cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.4...4.0.2 )
+ if( COMMAND cmake_policy )
+ 	cmake_policy( SET CMP0003 NEW )
+ endif( COMMAND cmake_policy )
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zd/zdbsp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zd/zdbsp/package.nix
index bef477e1fc15..f5d31d58702d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zd/zdbsp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zd/zdbsp/package.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     stripRoot = false;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/rheit/zdbsp/pull/7
+    ./fix-cmake-version.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];