diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dk/dkh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dk/dkh/package.nix
index 038d51583f01..4d3a4bdc2c56 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dk/dkh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dk/dkh/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
 }:
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dkh";
   version = "1.2";
@@ -17,6 +16,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1wb4qmb9f8rnrwnnw1gdhzx1fmhy628bxfrg56khxy3j5ljxkhck";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+    --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)"  "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gfortran
     cmake