diff --git a/packages/network/connman/patches/connman-07-fix-ip-forwarding.patch b/packages/network/connman/patches/connman-07-fix-ip-forwarding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65c50c4329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/connman/patches/connman-07-fix-ip-forwarding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 4f9abd3aebb1694d6a412d31d322cf1b5244a71c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: MilhouseVH <milhouseVH.github@nmacleod.com>
+Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 02:55:33 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] ip_forward: sysctl now ignores non-zero offset writes in
+ latest kernels
+
+---
+ src/nat.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/nat.c b/src/nat.c
+index 33ae6df..27e0d18 100644
+--- a/src/nat.c
++++ b/src/nat.c
+@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static int enable_ip_forward(bool enable)
+ 	if (!value) {
+ 		if (read(f, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
+ 			value = 0;
++		lseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET); // reset file pos for subsequent write
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	if (enable) {
+-- 
+2.7.4
+