diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/welle-io/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/welle-io/default.nix
index 7437974e5ba0..ba6a49a7e710 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/welle-io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/welle-io/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
   wrapQtAppsHook,
@@ -32,6 +33,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-+xjwvxFrv++XF6Uhm/ZwkseuToz3LtqCfTD18GiwNyw=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/AlbrechtL/welle.io/pull/853
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "cmake3_16.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/AlbrechtL/welle.io/commit/c7581c251b5fe2408b45365e0f2c5efc7f01fd19.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-e282lwCstwsRFGCtFT39CBn1jTvkA9bxa5t6Nk8mc98=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config