diff --git a/net-mgmt/monitoring-plugins/files/patch-plugins_check__smtp.c b/net-mgmt/monitoring-plugins/files/patch-plugins_check__smtp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e9ed017120f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-mgmt/monitoring-plugins/files/patch-plugins_check__smtp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- plugins/check_smtp.c.orig	2026-07-27 09:49:59 UTC
++++ plugins/check_smtp.c
+@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ check_smtp_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, 
+ 			usage(_("SSL support not available - install OpenSSL and recompile"));
+ #endif
+ 			implicit_tls = true;
+-			// fallthrough
++			break;
+ 		case 's':
+ 			/* ssl */
+ 			result.config.use_ssl = true;