diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fa/fatcat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fa/fatcat/package.nix
index aa75ed92f1c5..fe46fc24b740 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fa/fatcat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fa/fatcat/package.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   lib,
+  fetchpatch,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
   gitUpdater,
 }:
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fatcat";
   version = "1.1.1";
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-/iGNVP7Bz/UZAR+dFxAKMKM9jm07h0x0F3VGpdxlHdk=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # cmake: Set minimum required version to 3.5 for CMake 4+
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/Gregwar/fatcat/commit/2e3476a84cbe32598d36b5506c21025b3f94eb03.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-e5qGcpdHhbp2mZ7O3vBAJnSW5K2aXEfNVUfK/brx9a8=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];