diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d6947522..b1d035d76 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,19 +41,19 @@ endif()
 
 # Patch libzmq to set minimum cmake version to 3.15 to avoid warnings
 # with newer cmake versions
-set(ZMQ_PATCH_CMAKE git apply ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch)
-
+# Patch is applied in the FetchContent_Declare
 set(SLS_LIBZMQ_VERSION "4.3.4")
 
 
 if(SLS_FETCH_ZMQ_FROM_GITHUB)
     # Opt in to pull down a zmq version from github instead of
-    # using the bundled verison
+    # using the bundled version
     FetchContent_Declare(
         libzmq
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq.git
         GIT_TAG        v${SLS_LIBZMQ_VERSION}
-        PATCH_COMMAND ${ZMQ_PATCH_CMAKE}
+        PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir <SOURCE_DIR> patch -p1 < ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch
+        UPDATE_DISCONNECTED 1
     )
 else()
     # Standard behaviour use libzmq included in this repo (libs/libzmq)
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ else()
         libzmq
         URL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/libzmq/libzmq-${SLS_LIBZMQ_VERSION}.tar.gz
         URL_HASH MD5=cc20b769ac10afa352e5ed2769bb23b3
-        PATCH_COMMAND ${ZMQ_PATCH_CMAKE}
+        PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir <SOURCE_DIR> patch -p1 < ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch
+        UPDATE_DISCONNECTED 1
     )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/conda-recipes/main-library/meta.yaml b/conda-recipes/main-library/meta.yaml
index 87a9a4f50..2ddc76a6f 100755
--- a/conda-recipes/main-library/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipes/main-library/meta.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ requirements:
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
     - {{ stdlib("c") }}
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
-    
+    - git
     - cmake
     - ninja
     - qt 5.*
diff --git a/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch b/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch
index 901078fe8..4e421d322 100644
--- a/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch
+++ b/libs/libzmq/libzmq_cmake_version.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index dd3d8eb9..75c321fd 100644
+index dd3d8eb9..c0187747 100644
 --- a/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
+@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
  # CMake build script for ZeroMQ
  project(ZeroMQ)
  
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ index dd3d8eb9..75c321fd 100644
 -  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 -endif()
 +cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
++message(STATUS "Patched cmake version")
  
  include(CheckIncludeFiles)
  include(CheckCCompilerFlag)