diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/oi/ois/cmake4.patch b/pkgs/by-name/oi/ois/cmake4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5d7fdca11df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/oi/ois/cmake4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 951b2b1..006b36b 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+ project(OIS)
+ 
+ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CmakeModules)
+@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ endif()
+ if(UNIX)
+ 
+     if (NOT APPLE)
+-        add_dependencies(OIS X11)
+         target_link_libraries(OIS X11)
+     endif()
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/oi/ois/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/oi/ois/package.nix
index 6b5d4c32b663..1943f02ae4d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/oi/ois/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/oi/ois/package.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # CMake 4 dropped support of versions lower than 3.5,
+    # versions lower than 3.10 are deprecated.
+    ./cmake4.patch
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Object-oriented C++ input system";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];