diff --git a/package/libnss/0001-add-zlib-include-dir-variable.patch b/package/libnss/0001-add-zlib-include-dir-variable.patch
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+++ b/package/libnss/0001-add-zlib-include-dir-variable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+Add ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR variable
+
+On Linux platform[1], the build system forces to use zlib from the
+system instead of compiling the one located intree.
+
+The following error is raised when the zlib header is installed
+somewhere else than in the default system include path:
+
+	ssl3con.c:39:18: fatal error: zlib.h: No such file or directory
+	 #include "zlib.h"
+
+The same trick setup for sqlite include directory is reproduced for
+zlib. The build system disallows in any manner to give arguments to the
+compiler explicity.
+
+The variable ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR point to the directory where the zlib
+header is located.
+
+[1]: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/file/NSS_3_33_BRANCH/coreconf/Linux.mk#l180
+[2]: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/file/NSS_3_33_BRANCH/lib/softoken/manifest.mn#l17
+
+Signed-off-by: Gaël PORTAY <gael.portay@savoirfairelinux.com>
+
+--- libnss-3.33.orig/nss/lib/ssl/manifest.mn	2017-09-20 02:47:27.000000000 -0400
++++ libnss-3.33/nss/lib/ssl/manifest.mn	2018-02-16 16:45:41.512709898 -0500
+@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
+ 
+ # DEFINES = -DTRACE
+ 
++ifdef ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR
++INCLUDES += -I$(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR)
++endif
++
+ EXPORTS = \
+         ssl.h \
+         sslt.h \
+--- host-libnss-3.33.orig/nss/cmd/signtool/manifest.mn.orig	2018-02-16 17:08:58.474777871 -0500
++++ host-libnss-3.33/nss/cmd/signtool/manifest.mn	2018-02-16 17:09:22.603710963 -0500
+@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
+ 
+ MODULE = nss
+ 
++ifdef ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR
++INCLUDES += -I$(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR)
++endif
++
+ EXPORTS = 
+ 
+ CSRCS = signtool.c		\