diff --git a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
--- a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 package=zeromq
-$(package)_version=4.1.5
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/zeromq/zeromq4-1/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)/
+$(package)_version=4.2.2
+$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=04aac57f081ffa3a2ee5ed04887be9e205df3a7ddade0027460b8042432bdbcf
-$(package)_patches=9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch 9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch
+$(package)_sha256_hash=5b23f4ca9ef545d5bd3af55d305765e3ee06b986263b31967435d285a3e6df6b
+$(package)_patches=0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=--without-documentation --disable-shared --without-libsodium --disable-curve
+  $(package)_config_opts=--without-docs --disable-shared --without-libsodium --disable-curve --disable-curve-keygen --disable-perf
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
   $(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch && \
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch && \
+   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch && \
   ./autogen.sh
 endef
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS) libzmq.la
+  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS) src/libzmq.la
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
@@ -30,5 +29,6 @@
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  sed -i.old "s/ -lstdc++//" lib/pkgconfig/libzmq.pc && \
   rm -rf bin share
 endef
diff --git a/depends/patches/zeromq/0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch b/depends/patches/zeromq/0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/zeromq/0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 1a159c128c69a42d90819375c06a39994f3fbfc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Cory Fields <cory-nospam-@coryfields.com>
+Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 20:33:25 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] fix build with older mingw64
+
+---
+ src/windows.hpp | 7 +++++++
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/windows.hpp b/src/windows.hpp
+index 99e889d..e69038e 100644
+--- a/src/windows.hpp
++++ b/src/windows.hpp
+@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
+ #include <winsock2.h>
+ #include <windows.h>
+ #include <mswsock.h>
++
++#if defined __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR && __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR < 4
++// Workaround for mingw-w64 < v4.0 which did not include ws2ipdef.h in iphlpapi.h.
++// Fixed in mingw-w64 by 9bd8fe9148924840d315b4c915dd099955ea89d1.
++#include <ws2def.h>
++#include <ws2ipdef.h>
++#endif
+ #include <iphlpapi.h>
+
+ #if !defined __MINGW32__
+--
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/depends/patches/zeromq/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch b/depends/patches/zeromq/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/depends/patches/zeromq/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:10:38 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] enable static libraries on mingw
-
----
- configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 393505b..e92131a 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
-         libzmq_dso_visibility="no"
-
-         if test "x$enable_static" = "xyes"; then
--            AC_MSG_ERROR([Building static libraries is not supported under MinGW32])
-+            CPPFLAGS="-DZMQ_STATIC"
-         fi
-
- 	# Set FD_SETSIZE to 1024
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/depends/patches/zeromq/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch b/depends/patches/zeromq/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/depends/patches/zeromq/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: David Millard <dmillard10@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 13:53:53 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix autotools for static MinGW builds
-
----
- configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 5a0fa14..def6ea7 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
-         libzmq_dso_visibility="no"
-
-         if test "x$enable_static" = "xyes"; then
--            CPPFLAGS="-DZMQ_STATIC"
-+            CPPFLAGS="-DZMQ_STATIC $CPPFLAGS"
-         fi
-
- 	# Set FD_SETSIZE to 1024
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md
--- a/doc/dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/dependencies.md
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
 | Qt | [5.9.6](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | 5.5.1 | No |  |  |
 | XCB |  |  |  |  | Yes (Linux only) |
 | xkbcommon |  |  |  |  | Yes (Linux only) |
-| ZeroMQ | [4.1.5](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | 4.1.5 | No |  |  |
+| ZeroMQ | [4.2.2](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | 4.1.5 | No |  |  |
 | zlib | [1.2.11](http://zlib.net/) |  |  |  | No |