diff --git a/media-sound/wildmidi/files/wildmidi-0.4.6_cmake4.patch b/media-sound/wildmidi/files/wildmidi-0.4.6_cmake4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..be041154c84f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-sound/wildmidi/files/wildmidi-0.4.6_cmake4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+From https://github.com/Mindwerks/wildmidi/commit/1e21a829ce3b00a4747a50f8ae5e0cf11402a293
+From: Ozkan Sezer <sezeroz@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 14:56:50 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] cmake: set maximum policy to 3.10
+
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ # Project setup
+-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.4...3.5)
++CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.4...3.10)
+ PROJECT(wildmidi LANGUAGES C VERSION 0.4.6)
+ 
+ # WildMIDI Version
diff --git a/media-sound/wildmidi/wildmidi-0.4.6.ebuild b/media-sound/wildmidi/wildmidi-0.4.6.ebuild
index 65358e75161c1..eeeb51eab2b0a 100644
--- a/media-sound/wildmidi/wildmidi-0.4.6.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/wildmidi/wildmidi-0.4.6.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ DESCRIPTION="MIDI processing library and player using the GUS patch set"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.mindwerks.net/projects/wildmidi/"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/Mindwerks/${PN}/archive/${P}.tar.gz"
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${P}"
+
 LICENSE="GPL-3+ LGPL-3+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm ~arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86"
@@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ DOC_CONTENTS="${PN} is using timidity-freepats for midi playback.
 	A default configuration file was placed on /etc/${PN}/${PN}.cfg.
 	For more information please read the ${PN}.cfg manpage."
 
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${P}"
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/wildmidi-0.4.6_cmake4.patch"
+)
 
 src_prepare() {
 	cmake_src_prepare