diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/badvpn/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/badvpn/package.nix
index 9f3372510b09..887eb08e4be6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/badvpn/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/badvpn/package.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cmakeFlagsArray=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-O3 ${
       lib.optionalString (!debug) "-DNDEBUG"
     }");
+    sed -e \
+      's/cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2[.]8)/cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)/' \
+      -i CMakeLists.txt
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {