diff --git a/multimedia/vlc/patch_ECDSA.diff b/multimedia/vlc/patch_ECDSA.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1ade70e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/vlc/patch_ECDSA.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- modules/access/sftp.c.orig	2018-06-26 05:59:03.000000000 +1000
++++ modules/access/sftp.c	2019-03-23 16:20:21.647000000 +1000
+@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
+         case LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_DSS:
+             knownhost_fingerprint_algo = LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_KEY_SSHDSS;
+             break;
+-#if LIBSSH2_VERSION_NUM >= 0x010801
++#if LIBSSH2_VERSION_NUM >= 0x010900
+         case LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_ECDSA_256:
+             knownhost_fingerprint_algo = LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_KEY_ECDSA_256;
+             break;
diff --git a/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild b/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild
index 5d662da8b8..865761d00d 100644
--- a/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=vlc
 VERSION=${VERSION:-3.0.6}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 
 patch -p0 < $CWD/patch-projectM-fontpath.diff
 patch -p0 < $CWD/patch_vlc_cache_gen.diff
+patch -p0 < $CWD/patch_ECDSA.diff
 
 opencv=""
 if [ "${OPENCV:-yes}" != "yes" ]; then