diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindZeroMQ.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindZeroMQ.cmake
index 6075e5047596b..e8c2889962e3b 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindZeroMQ.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindZeroMQ.cmake
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ find_library(ZeroMQ_LIBRARY
 set ( ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARY} )
 set ( ZeroMQ_INCLUDE_DIRS ${ZeroMQ_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 
+# check for zmq_ppoll
+if(ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES)
+    include(CheckCXXSymbolExists)
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARIES})
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${ZeroMQ_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "-DZMQ_BUILD_DRAFT_API")
+    check_cxx_symbol_exists(zmq_ppoll zmq.h ZeroMQ_HAS_PPOLL)
+    if(NOT ZeroMQ_HAS_PPOLL)
+        message(SEND_ERROR "ZeroMQ library was compiled without draft API support (-DENABLE_DRAFTS).")
+    endif()
+    unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
+    unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES)
+    unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS)
+endif()
+
 include ( FindPackageHandleStandardArgs )
 # handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set ZeroMQ_FOUND to TRUE
 # if all listed variables are TRUE
diff --git a/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake b/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
index f4bb748557412..59f0fded3cd5c 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(pythia8 OFF "Enable support for Pythia 8.x [GPL]")
 ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(qt6web OFF "Enable support for Qt6 web-based display (requires Qt6::WebEngineCore and Qt6::WebEngineWidgets)")
 ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(r OFF "Enable support for R bindings (requires R, Rcpp, and RInside)")
 ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(roofit ON "Build the advanced fitting package RooFit, and RooStats for statistical tests. If xml is available, also build HistFactory.")
-ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(roofit_multiprocess OFF "Build RooFit::MultiProcess and multi-process RooFit::TestStatistics classes (requires ZeroMQ >= 3.4.5 built with -DENABLE_DRAFTS and cppzmq).")
+ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(roofit_multiprocess OFF "Build RooFit::MultiProcess and multi-process RooFit::TestStatistics classes (requires ZeroMQ >= 4.3.5 built with -DENABLE_DRAFTS and cppzmq).")
 ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(root7 ON "Build ROOT 7 experimental components of ROOT")
 ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(runtime_cxxmodules ON "Enable runtime support for C++ modules")
 ROOT_BUILD_OPTION(shadowpw OFF "Enable support for shadow passwords")