diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix/unused_var.patch b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix/unused_var.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9727cbafd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix/unused_var.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/third_party/openthread/repo/src/cli/cli.cpp
++++ b/third_party/openthread/repo/src/cli/cli.cpp
+@@ -1785,6 +1785,7 @@ template <> otError Interpreter::Process
+ 
+     for (uint8_t i = 0;; i++)
+     {
++    	OT_UNUSED_VARIABLE(i);
+         SuccessOrExit(otThreadGetNextCacheEntry(GetInstancePtr(), &entry, &iterator));
+         OutputEidCacheEntry(entry);
+     }
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix_git.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix_git.bb
index bbec81c27e..ca763d01fa 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix_git.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix_git.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SRC_URI = "gitsm://github.com/openthread/ot-br-posix.git;protocol=https;branch=m
            file://0001-cmake-Disable-nonnull-compare-warning-on-gcc.patch \
            file://0001-bn_mul.h-fix-x86-PIC-inline-ASM-compilation-with-GCC.patch \
            file://mbedtls.patch \
+           file://unused_var.patch \
            "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"