diff --git a/net/zerotier/Makefile b/net/zerotier/Makefile
index 6284f1038a..15cf30ce0b 100644
--- a/net/zerotier/Makefile
+++ b/net/zerotier/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=zerotier
 PKG_VERSION:=1.2.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
 
diff --git a/net/zerotier/patches/0003-gcc48.patch b/net/zerotier/patches/0003-gcc48.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..766dd5731d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/zerotier/patches/0003-gcc48.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: ZeroTierOne-1.2.4/ext/json/json.hpp
+===================================================================
+--- ZeroTierOne-1.2.4.orig/ext/json/json.hpp
++++ ZeroTierOne-1.2.4/ext/json/json.hpp
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
+     #endif
+ #elif defined(__GNUC__)
+     #define GCC_VERSION (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
+-    #if GCC_VERSION < 40900
++    #if GCC_VERSION < 40800
+         #error "unsupported GCC version - see https://github.com/nlohmann/json#supported-compilers"
+     #endif
+ #endif