diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-03_enable-multicast.patch b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-03_enable-multicast.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10ca6e23ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-03_enable-multicast.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From d5b4400d2c50190474a6000d60f05deb95f97e0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
+Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 18:08:44 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] enable multicast
+
+source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/open-iscsi/nuLFqxgsHAA/53-JE3gNNjEJ
+---
+ usr/iscsi_net_util.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/usr/iscsi_net_util.c b/usr/iscsi_net_util.c
+index 6d0ebf9..3801ac7 100644
+--- a/usr/iscsi_net_util.c
++++ b/usr/iscsi_net_util.c
+@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int net_setup_netdev(char *netdev, char *local_ip, char *mask, char *gateway,
+ 		/* Bring up interface */
+ 		memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
+ 		strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, netdev, IFNAMSIZ);
+-		ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING;
++		ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING | IFF_MULTICAST;
+ 		if (ioctl(sock, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr) < 0) {
+ 			log_error("Could not bring up netdev %s (err %d - %s)",
+ 				  netdev, errno, strerror(errno));
+-- 
+1.8.1.2
+