diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/simbaplusplus/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/simbaplusplus/package.nix
index 43b67ebd5c56..3ab7db0559ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/simbaplusplus/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/simbaplusplus/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   llvmPackages,
   z3,
@@ -19,6 +20,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-h2in203bwfb7ArhoBN0PoWM6DZtxI4jSGQuSTTaBJ7A=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # CMakeLists: minimum cmake version 3.5
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/pgarba/SiMBA-/commit/0d5dcaf0a0e85e342141a9c525cc8a10934c2f9d.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-rL/jzq4eoJI6j1aEK8vg6b2uqGjxN6P+8vsC8oYTxng=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
       --replace-fail ' ''${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/llvm-config' " ${lib.getDev llvmPackages.libllvm}/bin/llvm-config" \