diff --git a/vm-ubuntu-26.04/patches/nanomsg-1.0.0-bump-minimum-cmake-version.patch b/vm-ubuntu-26.04/patches/nanomsg-1.0.0-bump-minimum-cmake-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..579d9364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vm-ubuntu-26.04/patches/nanomsg-1.0.0-bump-minimum-cmake-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 5cffc29f..a68d4724 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ #   IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ #
+ 
+-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.7)
++cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
+ 
+ project (nanomsg C)
+ include (CheckFunctionExists)
diff --git a/vm-ubuntu-26.04/patches/nanomsg-1.0.0-bump-minimum-cmake-version.patch.license b/vm-ubuntu-26.04/patches/nanomsg-1.0.0-bump-minimum-cmake-version.patch.license
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5157373f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vm-ubuntu-26.04/patches/nanomsg-1.0.0-bump-minimum-cmake-version.patch.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Andy Fingerhut
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0