diff --git a/SDL/sdl12-compat-cmake-version.patch b/SDL/sdl12-compat-cmake-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7368be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SDL/sdl12-compat-cmake-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2023-09-26 19:43:48.000000000 +0200
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2025-09-03 17:35:15.362613583 +0200
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ #        you can define SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR on the cmdline.  For example:
+ #        cmake -DSDL2_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/SDL2/include/SDL2 [other stuff]
+ 
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0...3.5)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0...4.0)
+ project(sdl12_compat
+         VERSION 1.2.68
+         LANGUAGES C)
diff --git a/SDL/sdl12-compat.json b/SDL/sdl12-compat.json
index a3da3121..294e2aa1 100644
--- a/SDL/sdl12-compat.json
+++ b/SDL/sdl12-compat.json
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
             "type": "archive",
             "url": "https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl12-compat/archive/refs/tags/release-1.2.68.tar.gz",
             "sha256": "63c6e4dcc1154299e6f363c872900be7f3dcb3e42b9f8f57e05442ec3d89d02d"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "patch",
+            "path": "sdl12-compat-cmake-version.patch"
         }
     ],
     "modules": [