diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wd/wdt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wd/wdt/package.nix
index 42ff4f8d080d..b4cd2c1e59ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wd/wdt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wd/wdt/package.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     };
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Warp speed Data Transfer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/facebook/wdt";