diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/default.nix
index fbe1416808f7..9d3274df3a54 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/toluapp/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./headers.patch
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
+      'cmake_minimum_required ( VERSION 2.8 )' \
+      'cmake_minimum_required ( VERSION 4.0 )'
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool to integrate C/Cpp code with Lua";
     homepage = "http://www.codenix.com/~tolua/";