diff --git a/media-sound/scream/files/scream-4.0-cmake.patch b/media-sound/scream/files/scream-4.0-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e07f7514f2e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-sound/scream/files/scream-4.0-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+https://github.com/duncanthrax/scream/pull/234
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/964612
+
+--- a/Receivers/unix/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/Receivers/unix/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7...4.0)
+ 
+ project(scream LANGUAGES C)
+ 
diff --git a/media-sound/scream/files/scream-4.0-gcc15.patch b/media-sound/scream/files/scream-4.0-gcc15.patch
index fc1b852be61d..d151b349d4e7 100644
--- a/media-sound/scream/files/scream-4.0-gcc15.patch
+++ b/media-sound/scream/files/scream-4.0-gcc15.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- a/jack.c
-+++ b/jack.c
+--- a/Receivers/unix/jack.c
++++ b/Receivers/unix/jack.c
 @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jo_data;
  static int init_resampler();
  static int init_channels();
diff --git a/media-sound/scream/scream-4.0-r1.ebuild b/media-sound/scream/scream-4.0-r2.ebuild
similarity index 93%
rename from media-sound/scream/scream-4.0-r1.ebuild
rename to media-sound/scream/scream-4.0-r2.ebuild
index b2addd13fd39..c93e9b3d39d2 100644
--- a/media-sound/scream/scream-4.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/scream/scream-4.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inherit cmake
 
 DESCRIPTION="Plays sound received from network or from a QEMU Windows VM"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/duncanthrax/scream"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${P}/Receivers/unix"
+CMAKE_USE_DIR="${S}/Receivers/unix"
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-gcc15.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-cmake.patch"
 )
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/media-sound/scream/scream-9999.ebuild b/media-sound/scream/scream-9999.ebuild
index 75ab1107c4f1..bc4d9e308dea 100644
--- a/media-sound/scream/scream-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/scream/scream-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2020-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2020-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inherit cmake
 
 DESCRIPTION="Plays sound received from network or from a QEMU Windows VM"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/duncanthrax/scream"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${P}/Receivers/unix"
+CMAKE_USE_DIR="${S}/Receivers/unix"
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3