diff --git a/ports/assimp/uninitialized-variable.patch b/ports/assimp/uninitialized-variable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7b51c143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/assimp/uninitialized-variable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h b/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
+index 916fb1f..a7bc178 100644
+--- a/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
++++ b/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
+@@ -4420,7 +4420,7 @@ mz_bool mz_zip_writer_add_mem_ex(mz_zip_archive *pZip, const char *pArchive_name
+ #ifndef MINIZ_NO_STDIO
+ mz_bool mz_zip_writer_add_file(mz_zip_archive *pZip, const char *pArchive_name, const char *pSrc_filename, const void *pComment, mz_uint16 comment_size, mz_uint level_and_flags)
+ {
+-  mz_uint uncomp_crc32 = MZ_CRC32_INIT, level, num_alignment_padding_bytes;
++  mz_uint uncomp_crc32 = MZ_CRC32_INIT, level = 0, num_alignment_padding_bytes;
+   mz_uint16 method = 0, dos_time = 0, dos_date = 0, ext_attributes = 0;
+   mz_uint64 local_dir_header_ofs, cur_archive_file_ofs, uncomp_size = 0, comp_size = 0;
+   size_t archive_name_size;