diff --git a/backport-Fix-the-apps-json_parse-s-strict-option-so-it-actual.patch b/backport-Fix-the-apps-json_parse-s-strict-option-so-it-actual.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a5cd0e1e443b0b0daa29b1e95bb9897a95a041a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-Fix-the-apps-json_parse-s-strict-option-so-it-actual.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From 474ee12435e671607c02f764b173258e3a059eda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Eric Hawicz <erh+git@nimenees.com>
+Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 19:44:21 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix the apps/json_parse "-s" (strict) option so it actually
+ does something, and default to non-strict.
+
+---
+ apps/json_parse.c | 13 ++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/apps/json_parse.c b/apps/json_parse.c
+index 31221d0..4eb629b 100644
+--- a/apps/json_parse.c
++++ b/apps/json_parse.c
+@@ -74,11 +74,14 @@ static int parseit(int fd, int (*callback)(struct json_object *))
+ 		fprintf(stderr, "unable to allocate json_tokener: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ 		return 1;
+ 	}
+-	json_tokener_set_flags(tok, JSON_TOKENER_STRICT
+-#ifdef JSON_TOKENER_ALLOW_TRAILING_CHARS
+-		 | JSON_TOKENER_ALLOW_TRAILING_CHARS
+-#endif
+-	);
++	if (strict_mode)
++	{
++		json_tokener_set_flags(tok, JSON_TOKENER_STRICT
++	#ifdef JSON_TOKENER_ALLOW_TRAILING_CHARS
++			 | JSON_TOKENER_ALLOW_TRAILING_CHARS
++	#endif
++		);
++	}
+ 
+ 	// XXX push this into some kind of json_tokener_parse_fd API?
+ 	//  json_object_from_fd isn't flexible enough, and mirroring
+-- 
+2.33.0
+
diff --git a/json-c.spec b/json-c.spec
index 15c37dbd43e26370bcdf582eb2e316d0b8732e73..dbb4f0641d135eab1db0d8b4d2b04c3c4a6ef4b4 100644
--- a/json-c.spec
+++ b/json-c.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:           json-c
 Version:        0.18
-Release:        3
+Release:        4
 Summary:        JSON implementation in C
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{name}-%{version}-%{reldate}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  cmake gcc ninja-build
 
 Patch6001:      backport-Fix-issue-875-cast-to-unsigned-char-so-bytes-above-0.patch
+Patch6002:      backport-Fix-the-apps-json_parse-s-strict-option-so-it-actual.patch
 
 %description
 JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you
@@ -99,8 +100,17 @@ end
 %doc %{_pkgdocdir}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 06 2024 sunhai <sunhai10@huawei.com> - 0.18-4
+- Type:bugfix
+- ID:NA
+- SUG:NA
+- DESC: Fix the apps/json_parse "-s" (strict) option so it actually does something, and default to non-strict.
+
 * Wed Dec 04 2024 yueyuankun <yueyuankun@kylinos.cn> - 0.18-3
-- Fix causing the strict-mode control characters check to incorrectly trigger
+- Type:bugfix
+- ID:NA
+- SUG:NA
+- DESC: Fix causing the strict-mode control characters check to incorrectly trigger
 
 * Mon Nov 11 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 0.18-2
 - adopt to new cmake macro