diff --git a/mariadb11.8.spec b/mariadb11.8.spec
index 26da45b..06c0a43 100644
--- a/mariadb11.8.spec
+++ b/mariadb11.8.spec
@@ -979,6 +979,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"; CPPFLAGS="$CFLAGS"; export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS CPPFLAGS
 # The INSTALL_xxx macros have to be specified relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
 # so we can't use %%{_datadir} and so forth here.
 %cmake \
+         -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 \
          -DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release \
          -DFEATURE_SET="community" \
          -DWITH_SBOM=0 \