diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dr/dreamchess/0000-fix-cmake-min.patch b/pkgs/by-name/dr/dreamchess/0000-fix-cmake-min.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c818cfadb3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dr/dreamchess/0000-fix-cmake-min.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index a007f60..a993999 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+ project(DreamChess VERSION 0.3.0)
+ 
+ set(DREAMCHESS_RELEASE TRUE)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dr/dreamchess/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dr/dreamchess/package.nix
index 25ad30bef91b..d53a874d8d91 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dr/dreamchess/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dr/dreamchess/package.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-qus/RjwdAl9SuDXfLVKTPImqrvPF3xSDVlbXYLM3JNE=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ### Fix cmake minimum version
+    ./0000-fix-cmake-min.patch
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     SDL2
     SDL2_image