diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cppe/cmake-minimum-required.patch b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cppe/cmake-minimum-required.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caf44cfd2d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cppe/cmake-minimum-required.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 5d5d359..ba8992c 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
+-cmake_policy(VERSION 3.0.0)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
++cmake_policy(VERSION 3.10)
+ 
+ project(cppe LANGUAGES CXX)
+ 
+diff --git a/cppe/CMakeLists.txt b/cppe/CMakeLists.txt
+index 6780f18..17ac4b9 100644
+--- a/cppe/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/cppe/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+ project(cppe-core VERSION 0.3.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
+ 
+ include(GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cppe/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cppe/package.nix
index ff4757daab1a..7848b889b615 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cppe/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cppe/package.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-guM7+ZWDJLcAUJtPkKLvC4LYSA2eBvER7cgwPZ7FxHw=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./cmake-minimum-required.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [ llvmPackages.openmp ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib" ];