diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ym/ympd/bump-cmake-version.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ym/ympd/bump-cmake-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ecafab2a91d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ym/ympd/bump-cmake-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+From 5c5862071e7ae982de6f39c9d1679dc496f38a20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Felix J. Ogris" <fjo@core7.intra.ogris.net>
+Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:10:38 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] bump required cmake version to 3.10
+
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 02ee5141d..a8ee3730d 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+ 
+ project (ympd C)
+ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/")
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ym/ympd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ym/ympd/package.nix
index 89bb628e8c2f..771daa96d27d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ym/ympd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ym/ympd/package.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1nvb19jd556v2h2bi7w4dcl507p3p8xvjkqfzrcsy7ccy3502brq";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/notandy/ympd/pull/199.patch
+    ./bump-cmake-version.patch
+  ];
+
   # Workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains like upstream
   # gcc-10. Otherwise build fails as:
   #   ld: CMakeFiles/ympd.dir/src/mpd_client.c.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `mpd';