diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libzra/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libzra/package.nix
index 17669909a5ca..6f4dd78693e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libzra/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libzra/package.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   # in submodule dev as of 1.4.7
   postPatch = ''
     (cd submodule/zstd && patch -Np1 < ${./fix-pkg-config.patch})
+
+    substituteInPlace submodule/zstd/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9 FATAL_ERROR)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {