diff --git a/net/zerotier/Makefile b/net/zerotier/Makefile
index 4a69d5e6b..1ccb21bfd 100644
--- a/net/zerotier/Makefile
+++ b/net/zerotier/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=zerotier
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4.2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/tar.gz/$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=557a444127812384265ec97232bae43dce1d4b1545ddd72e2b1646c971dad7c5
+PKG_HASH:=0c11aab77b1c30fb8932e31906fc93fe7cb38c579c33740c1d407ec13d5b3e12
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/ZeroTierOne-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Moritz Warning <moritzwarning@web.de>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endef
 
 # Make binary smaller
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
-TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections,--as-needed
 
 ifdef CONFIG_USE_UCLIBC
 	TARGET_CFLAGS += -D'valloc(a)=aligned_alloc(getpagesize(),a)'
diff --git a/net/zerotier/files/etc/config/zerotier b/net/zerotier/files/etc/config/zerotier
index 1a016ebcf..f342f851b 100644
--- a/net/zerotier/files/etc/config/zerotier
+++ b/net/zerotier/files/etc/config/zerotier
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ config zerotier sample_config
 
 	#option port '9993'
 
+	# path to the local.conf
+	#option local_conf '/etc/zerotier.conf'
+
 	# Generate secret on first start
 	option secret ''
 
diff --git a/net/zerotier/files/etc/init.d/zerotier b/net/zerotier/files/etc/init.d/zerotier
index ba6b427fa..dacb47c09 100755
--- a/net/zerotier/files/etc/init.d/zerotier
+++ b/net/zerotier/files/etc/init.d/zerotier
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ section_enabled() {
 
 start_instance() {
 	local cfg="$1"
-	local port secret config_path path
+	local port secret config_path local_conf path
 	local args=""
 
 	if ! section_enabled "$cfg"; then
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ start_instance() {
 	config_get config_path $cfg 'config_path'
 	config_get port $cfg 'port'
 	config_get secret $cfg 'secret'
+	config_get local_conf $cfg 'local_conf'
 
 	path=${CONFIG_PATH}_$cfg
 
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ start_instance() {
 		rm -f $path/identity.public
 	fi
 
+	if [ -f "$local_conf" ]; then
+		ln -s "$local_conf" $path/local.conf
+	fi
+
 	add_join() {
 		# an (empty) config file will cause ZT to join a network
 		touch $path/networks.d/$1.conf