diff --git a/dev-ros/amcl/amcl-1.16.3.ebuild b/dev-ros/amcl/amcl-1.16.3.ebuild
index 61525256fd548..f83edae6cd3d4 100644
--- a/dev-ros/amcl/amcl-1.16.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/amcl/amcl-1.16.3.ebuild
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? ( dev-ros/rostest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/python_orocos_kdl[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-ros/map_server[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 "
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/cmake.patch" )
diff --git a/dev-ros/amcl/files/cmake.patch b/dev-ros/amcl/files/cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4ae8171689251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ros/amcl/files/cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Index: amcl/CMakeLists.txt
+===================================================================
+--- amcl.orig/CMakeLists.txt
++++ amcl/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+ project(amcl)
++include(CheckSymbolExists)
+ 
+ if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
+   set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)