diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/eiskaltdcpp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/eiskaltdcpp/default.nix
index 9dad2f63d9d9..60601ed56092 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/eiskaltdcpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/eiskaltdcpp/default.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ]
   ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin libiconv;
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6.3)" "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)"
+    substituteInPlace {dcpp,dht,extra,}json/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)" "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)"
+    substituteInPlace eiskaltdcpp-{cli,daemon}/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)" "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)"
+    substituteInPlace eiskaltdcpp-qt/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.11)" "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DDBUS_NOTIFY=ON"
     "-DFREE_SPACE_BAR_C=ON"