diff --git a/icinga2.spec b/icinga2.spec
index 7f9484b..37e7374 100644
--- a/icinga2.spec
+++ b/icinga2.spec
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ Recommends:     monitoring-plugins-common
 Recommends:     logrotate
 %endif
 
+Patch1: rhel6.patch
+
 %description common
 This subpackage provides common directories, and the UID and GUID definitions
 among Icinga 2 related packages.
@@ -330,6 +332,8 @@ Requires:       nano
 Provides Nano syntax highlighting for icinga2.
 
 %prep
+
+%patch1 -p1
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 # use absolute shebang instead of env on SUSE distributions
 %if "%{_vendor}" == "suse"
diff --git a/rhel6.patch b/rhel6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6959706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rhel6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- ./icinga2-orig/lib/base/tlsstream.cpp	2022-01-11 15:26:17.000000000 +0100
++++ ./icinga2/lib/base/tlsstream.cpp	2022-01-11 15:27:32.000000000 +0100
+@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@
+ void UnbufferedAsioTlsStream::BeforeHandshake(handshake_type type)
+ {
+ 	namespace ssl = boost::asio::ssl;
+-
+-	if (!m_Hostname.IsEmpty()) {
+-		X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host(SSL_get0_param(native_handle()), m_Hostname.CStr(), m_Hostname.GetLength());
+-	}
+-
++	
+ 	set_verify_mode(ssl::verify_peer | ssl::verify_client_once);
+ 
+ 	set_verify_callback([this](bool preverified, ssl::verify_context& ctx) {