diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lib60870/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lib60870/package.nix
index 8a39f3d5d5e0..3887f73d2329 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lib60870/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lib60870/package.nix
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/lib60870-C";
 
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-    substituteInPlace src/CMakeLists.txt --replace-warn "-lrt" ""
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+  ''
+  + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    substituteInPlace src/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-warn "-lrt" "" \
   '';
 
   separateDebugInfo = true;