diff --git a/package/iperf3/0001-Remove-OpenSSL-version-check-in-iperf_auth.c.patch b/package/iperf3/0001-Remove-OpenSSL-version-check-in-iperf_auth.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45b581e5a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/iperf3/0001-Remove-OpenSSL-version-check-in-iperf_auth.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 96208f2e413d7fddc19e6888be5fbd2acdb04606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Peter G <55786000+WatcherOfTheSkies@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:27:43 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove OpenSSL version check in iperf_auth.c
+
+Removed conditional compilation for OpenSSL version check.
+
+Upstream: https://github.com/esnet/iperf/commit/96208f2e413d7fddc19e6888be5fbd2acdb04606
+Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com>
+---
+ src/iperf_auth.c | 2 --
+ 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/iperf_auth.c b/src/iperf_auth.c
+index 51d1a1b6e..cf0bd7449 100644
+--- a/src/iperf_auth.c
++++ b/src/iperf_auth.c
+@@ -380,11 +380,9 @@ int decrypt_rsa_message(const unsigned char *encryptedtext, const int encryptedt
+ 
+     return plaintext_len;
+ 
+-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR >= 3
+   errreturn:
+     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), NULL));
+     return 0;
+-#endif
+ }
+ 
+ int encode_auth_setting(const char *username, const char *password, EVP_PKEY *public_key, char **authtoken, int use_pkcs1_padding){