diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fa/falcon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fa/falcon/package.nix
index 156aff2f6507..f511b92ae385 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fa/falcon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fa/falcon/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
   pcre,
@@ -20,6 +21,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     hash = "sha256-0yLhwDVFNbfiW23hNxrvItCCkyaOvEbFSg1ZQuJvhIs=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # part of https://github.com/falconpl/falcon/pull/11
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "bump-minimum-cmake-required-version.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/falconpl/falcon/commit/a1f4fa1607249b0356c2cd2c54134cb3dc2dc231.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-oYLB+71/oan2MOyHTr/IpgDwik+T8ToP1q7AroaBq1g=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config