diff --git a/sci-ml/foxi/files/foxi-2021.05.27-cmake.patch b/sci-ml/foxi/files/foxi-2021.05.27-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ed3c07f25d1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-ml/foxi/files/foxi-2021.05.27-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2025-06-16 22:04:30.852811014 +0200
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2025-06-16 22:04:59.804503623 +0200
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ # Minimum CMake required
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+ # Set default build type
+ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+   message(STATUS "Build type not set - defaulting to Release")
diff --git a/sci-ml/foxi/foxi-2021.05.27.ebuild b/sci-ml/foxi/foxi-2021.05.27.ebuild
index 22aa3350c9bce..a80ac4d0b79c8 100644
--- a/sci-ml/foxi/foxi-2021.05.27.ebuild
+++ b/sci-ml/foxi/foxi-2021.05.27.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
-inherit cmake
+inherit cmake dot-a
 
 CommitId=c278588e34e535f0bb8f00df3880d26928038cad
 
@@ -21,4 +21,15 @@ RESTRICT="test" # No test available
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gentoo.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-cmake.patch
 )
+
+src_configure() {
+	lto-guarantee-fat
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	strip-lto-bytecode
+}