diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mx/mxnet/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mx/mxnet/package.nix
index 47941595a72a..28635ac2745c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mx/mxnet/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mx/mxnet/package.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM" "3.5")
     "-DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF"
     "-DUSE_CUDA=OFF"
     "-DUSE_CUDNN=OFF"