diff --git a/security/palisade/files/patch-src_core_include_utils_parallel.h b/security/palisade/files/patch-src_core_include_utils_parallel.h
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index 000000000000..acf1cc0b66ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/palisade/files/patch-src_core_include_utils_parallel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Backport of the patch fixing build: https://gitlab.com/palisade/palisade-development/-/commit/7a6c36e61fb060dc592357b99916a88467022325
+The upstream patch doesn't apply due to other incompatible chages.
+
+--- src/core/include/utils/parallel.h.orig	2020-04-07 23:38:54 UTC
++++ src/core/include/utils/parallel.h
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace lbcrypto {
+     // @Brief returns current number of threads that are usable
+     // @return int # threads
+     int GetNumThreads() {
+-      int out, nthreads, tid;
++      int out = 0, nthreads = 0, tid;
+ 	  	
+       // Fork a team of threads giving them their own copies of variables
+       //so we can see how many threads we have to work with