diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pbrt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pbrt/default.nix
index 1c582df50de..3cc7166b4e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pbrt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pbrt/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,22 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
-  version = "2017-01-12";
+  version = "2018-08-15";
   name = "pbrt-v3-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    rev = "35b6da3429526f2026fe5e5ebaf36d593e113028";
+    rev = "86b5821308088deea70b207bc8c22219d0103d65";
     owner  = "mmp";
     repo   = "pbrt-v3";
-    sha256 = "10lvbph13p6ilzqb8sgrvn9gg1zmi8wpy3hhjbqp8dnsa4x0mhj7";
+    sha256 = "0f7ivsczba6zfk5f0bba1js6dcwf6w6jrkiby147qp1sx5k35cv8";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v3/issues/196
+    ./openexr-cmake-3.12.patch
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ git flex bison cmake zlib ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pbrt/openexr-cmake-3.12.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pbrt/openexr-cmake-3.12.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2993922a1ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pbrt/openexr-cmake-3.12.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -ur a/src/ext/openexr/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ext/openexr/CMakeLists.txt
+--- a/src/ext/openexr/CMakeLists.txt	1970-01-01 09:00:01.000000000 +0900
++++ b/src/ext/openexr/CMakeLists.txt	2018-08-31 21:44:56.490714484 +0900
+@@ -26,22 +26,4 @@
+   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/IlmBase/config
+ )
+ 
+-add_custom_target(CopyIlmBaseLibs
+-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/IlmBase/Half/$<CONFIGURATION>
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/OpenEXR/IlmImf/$<CONFIGURATION>
+-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/IlmBase/IlmThread/$<CONFIGURATION>
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/OpenEXR/IlmImf/$<CONFIGURATION>
+-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/IlmBase/Iex/$<CONFIGURATION>
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/OpenEXR/IlmImf/$<CONFIGURATION>
+-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/IlmBase/Imath/$<CONFIGURATION>
+-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/OpenEXR/IlmImf/$<CONFIGURATION>
+-)
+-add_dependencies(CopyIlmBaseLibs Iex Imath IlmThread Half)
+-
+ add_subdirectory(OpenEXR OpenEXR)
+-add_dependencies(b44ExpLogTable CopyIlmBaseLibs)
+-add_dependencies(dwaLookups CopyIlmBaseLibs)