diff --git a/media-sound/milkytracker/files/milkytracker-1.05.01-cmake4.patch b/media-sound/milkytracker/files/milkytracker-1.05.01-cmake4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b7674c4d02abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-sound/milkytracker/files/milkytracker-1.05.01-cmake4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -156,11 +156,7 @@
+     message(STATUS "Enabled MIDI support (WinMM)")
+     add_subdirectory(src/midi)
+ else()
+-    # Workaround for SDL bug #3295, which occurs in SDL2 <2.0.5
+-    # https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3295
+-    cmake_policy(SET CMP0004 OLD)
+-
+-    find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
++    find_package(SDL2 2.0.5 REQUIRED)
+ endif()
+ 
+ # Prefer static linkage under OS X for libraries located with find_package()
diff --git a/media-sound/milkytracker/milkytracker-1.05.01.ebuild b/media-sound/milkytracker/milkytracker-1.05.01.ebuild
index db35ec056cf64..d31392dcf6c4b 100644
--- a/media-sound/milkytracker/milkytracker-1.05.01.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/milkytracker/milkytracker-1.05.01.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
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.04.00-cxx-std.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-cmake4.patch # bug 957762
 )
 
 src_prepare() {