diff --git a/media-libs/libebur128/files/libebur128-1.2.6-cmake4.patch b/media-libs/libebur128/files/libebur128-1.2.6-cmake4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dffe5c2023c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/libebur128/files/libebur128-1.2.6-cmake4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16...3.31)
+ project(libebur128 C)
+ 
+ option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
+--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
+ 
+ set(ENABLE_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build test binaries, needs libsndfile")
+ set(ENABLE_FUZZER OFF CACHE BOOL "Build fuzzer binary")
diff --git a/media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.6-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.6-r1.ebuild
index 84319c5781f08..be741127fd478 100644
--- a/media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.6-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.6-r1.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ DEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-cmake4.patch" ) # bug 952797
+
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DENABLE_INTERNAL_QUEUE_H=OFF