diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
index 438aa81a9d0..ed0928febe2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig
 , bzip2, curl, expat, libarchive, xz, zlib, libuv, rhash
 , majorVersion ? "3.11"
 # darwin attributes
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Don't search in non-Nix locations such as /usr, but do search in our libc.
   patches = [ ./search-path-3.9.patch ]
+    ++ optional (versionOlder version "3.12") (fetchpatch {
+      name = "cmake-3.11-libuv-1.21.patch";
+      url = https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/commit/889033b5c6847cf1f7bd789384405d59dc333bf6.patch;
+      sha256 = "0683zbyb3bicaxqzrj4wgdan6x08k30m20kkmpjvw30nr6a8r6xq";
+    })
     # Don't depend on frameworks.
     ++ optional (useSharedLibraries && majorVersion == "3.11") ./application-services.patch  # TODO: remove conditional
     ++ optional stdenv.isCygwin ./3.2.2-cygwin.patch;