diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hypr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hypr/default.nix
index 3a83551b6e51..c8b3fcbfa762 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hypr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hypr/default.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   postFixup = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/Hypr --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xmodmap ]}
   '';