diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvdpau-va-gl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvdpau-va-gl/package.nix
index 7741308d9dc1..80e97c1d9ae3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvdpau-va-gl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvdpau-va-gl/package.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libGLU
   ];
 
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5" ];
+
   doCheck = false; # fails. needs DRI access
 
   meta = with lib; {