diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/so/soapyaudio/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/so/soapyaudio/package.nix
index 3d1951575142..63822a3dcb86 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/so/soapyaudio/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/so/soapyaudio/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
   hamlib,
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libpulseaudio
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # CMake < 3.5.0 fix. Remove when (https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyAudio/pull/23 is merged && next version bump).
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyAudio/pull/23/commits/265c6f043762810b369490398956c5e511ca5261.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-eqx/7i7jewkHm0M54rtEhznDRN9iPeIlgwHMJY9pN9g=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DSoapySDR_DIR=${soapysdr}/share/cmake/SoapySDR/"
     "-DUSE_HAMLIB=ON"