diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/hh-suite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/hh-suite/default.nix
index 51f12d9ae6ea..5cb62d1318df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/hh-suite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/hh-suite/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang openmp ++ lib.optional enableMpi mpi;
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+    substituteInPlace lib/ffindex/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Remote protein homology detection suite";
     homepage = "https://github.com/soedinglab/hh-suite";