diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/niftyseg/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/niftyseg/package.nix
index 1c7d59328a45..4be9dd5fe895 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/niftyseg/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/niftyseg/package.nix
@@ -24,12 +24,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     zlib
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)" \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)" \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_policy(VERSION 2.8)" "cmake_policy(VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://cmictig.cs.ucl.ac.uk/research/software/software-nifty/niftyseg";
     description = "Software for medical image segmentation, bias field correction, and cortical thickness calculation";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    # last successful hydra build on darwin was in 2023
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
   };
 
 }