diff --git a/media-gfx/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan/files/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-0.2.0-cmake-ver.patch b/media-gfx/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan/files/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-0.2.0-cmake-ver.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..378b551316f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-gfx/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan/files/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-0.2.0-cmake-ver.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/965003
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -19 +19 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
diff --git a/media-gfx/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-0.2.0-r1.ebuild b/media-gfx/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-0.2.0-r1.ebuild
index 3f7d27a8c5ac..ecd08c40bf16 100644
--- a/media-gfx/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-0.2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-0.2.0-r1.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
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-default-realesrgan-x4plus-model.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.2.0-no-glslang-libs.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.2.0-cmake-ver.patch
 )
 
 src_prepare() {