diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/lftp/lftp/0001-allow-build-with-OpenSSL-4.x.patch b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/lftp/lftp/0001-allow-build-with-OpenSSL-4.x.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f617a0e269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/lftp/lftp/0001-allow-build-with-OpenSSL-4.x.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From 68d42105d78838d0ab155296b69fcb99d28d22c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
+Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 03:56:46 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] allow build with OpenSSL 4.x
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/68d42105d788]
+Signed-off-by: Jaipaul Cheernam <jaipaul.cheernam@est.tech>
+---
+ src/lftp_ssl.cc | 12 ++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/lftp_ssl.cc b/src/lftp_ssl.cc
+index f53edf24..49328f74 100644
+--- a/src/lftp_ssl.cc
++++ b/src/lftp_ssl.cc
+@@ -1022,8 +1022,8 @@ const char *lftp_ssl_openssl::strerror()
+ int lftp_ssl_openssl::verify_crl(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx)
+ {
+     X509_OBJECT *obj=0;
+-    X509_NAME *subject=0;
+-    X509_NAME *issuer=0;
++    const X509_NAME *subject=0;
++    const X509_NAME *issuer=0;
+     X509 *xs=0;
+     X509_CRL *crl=0;
+     X509_REVOKED *revoked=0;
+@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ void lftp_ssl_openssl::check_certificate()
+     unsigned char *nulstr = (unsigned char *)"";
+     unsigned char *peer_CN = nulstr;
+ 
+-    X509_NAME *name = X509_get_subject_name(server_cert) ;
++    const X509_NAME *name = X509_get_subject_name(server_cert) ;
+     if(name)
+       while((j = X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(name, NID_commonName, i))>=0)
+         i=j;
+@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ void lftp_ssl_openssl::check_certificate()
+        UTF8 etc. */
+ 
+     if(i>=0) {
+-      ASN1_STRING *tmp = X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data(X509_NAME_get_entry(name,i));
++      const ASN1_STRING *tmp = X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data(X509_NAME_get_entry(name,i));
+ 
+       /* In OpenSSL 0.9.7d and earlier, ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8 fails if the input
+          is already UTF-8 encoded. We check for this case and copy the raw
+@@ -1522,8 +1522,8 @@ int lftp_ssl_openssl::verify_callback(int ok,X509_STORE_CTX *ctx)
+    if(cert!=prev_cert)
+    {
+       int depth          = X509_STORE_CTX_get_error_depth(ctx);
+-      X509_NAME *subject = X509_get_subject_name(cert);
+-      X509_NAME *issuer  = X509_get_issuer_name(cert);
++      const X509_NAME *subject = X509_get_subject_name(cert);
++      const X509_NAME *issuer  = X509_get_issuer_name(cert);
+       char *subject_line = X509_NAME_oneline(subject, NULL, 0);
+       char *issuer_line  = X509_NAME_oneline(issuer, NULL, 0);
+       Log::global->Format(3,"Certificate depth: %d; subject: %s; issuer: %s\n",
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/lftp/lftp_4.9.3.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/lftp/lftp_4.9.3.bb
index d132813403..e46b5c7f10 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/lftp/lftp_4.9.3.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/lftp/lftp_4.9.3.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://lftp.yar.ru/ftp/lftp-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://0001-gnulib-fix-lftp-build-with-clang-lld-and-gcc16.patch \
+           file://0001-allow-build-with-OpenSSL-4.x.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "adceaef1bd21a38d07c973233fab603813c431f0a8dcbd23239fa9a41ae17b6e"