diff --git a/depends/packages/proton.mk b/depends/packages/proton.mk
index b898a6662..aa49f380f 100644
--- a/depends/packages/proton.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/proton.mk
@@ -3,23 +3,15 @@ $(package)_version=0.17.0
 $(package)_download_path=http://apache.cs.utah.edu/qpid/proton/$($(package)_version)
 $(package)_file_name=qpid-proton-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=6ffd26d3d0e495bfdb5d9fefc5349954e6105ea18cc4bb191161d27742c5a01a
-$(package)_dependencies=
+$(package)_patches=minimal-build.patch
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  sed -i '1i set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")' proton-c/bindings/cpp/CMakeLists.txt && \
-  sed -i '1i set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")' examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt && \
-  sed -i '1i set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")' CMakeLists.txt && \
-  sed -i.old 's/qpid-proton SHARED/qpid-proton STATIC/' proton-c/CMakeLists.txt && \
-  sed -i.old 's/SASL/_DO_NOT_BUILD_SASL_/' proton-c/CMakeLists.txt && \
-  sed -i.old 's/qpid-proton-core SHARED/qpid-proton-core STATIC/' proton-c/CMakeLists.txt && \
-  sed -i.old 's/find_package(OpenSSL)/#find_package(OpenSSL)/' proton-c/CMakeLists.txt && \
-  sed -i.old 's/qpid-proton-cpp SHARED/qpid-proton-cpp STATIC/' proton-c/bindings/cpp/CMakeLists.txt && \
-  sed -i.old 's/DEFAULT_GO ON/DEFAULT_GO OFF/' proton-c/bindings/CMakeLists.txt && \
-  mkdir build
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/minimal-build.patch && \
+  mkdir -p build/proton-c/src
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
-  cd build; cmake .. -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/ -DSYSINSTALL_BINDINGS=ON -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_PYTHON=OFF -DBUILD_PHP=OFF -DBUILD_JAVA=OFF -DBUILD_PERL=OFF -DBUILD_RUBY=OFF -DDEFAULT_GO=OFF
+  cd build; cmake .. -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/ -DSYSINSTALL_BINDINGS=ON -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_PYTHON=OFF -DBUILD_PHP=OFF -DBUILD_JAVA=OFF -DBUILD_PERL=OFF -DBUILD_RUBY=OFF -DBUILD_JAVASCRIPT=OFF -DBUILD_GO=OFF
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
diff --git a/depends/patches/proton/minimal-build.patch b/depends/patches/proton/minimal-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90588929f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/proton/minimal-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+From 03f5fc0826115edbfca468261b70c0daf627f488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Simon <simon@bitcartel.com>
+Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:15:59 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Enable C++11, build static library and cpp bindings with minimal dependencies.
+
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt                            | 13 +++++++------
+ examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt               |  1 +
+ proton-c/CMakeLists.txt                   | 32 +++++++++++++++----------------
+ proton-c/bindings/CMakeLists.txt          |  6 +++---
+ proton-c/bindings/cpp/CMakeLists.txt      | 24 +++++++++++------------
+ proton-c/bindings/cpp/docs/CMakeLists.txt |  2 +-
+ proton-c/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt          |  2 +-
+ 7 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index b538ffd..4a5e787 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@
+ #
+ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.7)
+ 
++set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+ project (Proton C)
+ 
+ # Enable C++ now for examples and bindings subdirectories, but make it optional.
+ enable_language(CXX OPTIONAL)
+ 
+ # Enable testing
+-enable_testing()
+-include (CTest)
++#enable_testing()
++#include (CTest)
+ 
+ # Pull in local cmake modules
+ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/cmake/Modules/")
+@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ set (BINDINGS_DIR ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/proton/bindings)
+ 
+ set (SYSINSTALL_BINDINGS OFF CACHE BOOL "If SYSINSTALL_BINDINGS is OFF then proton bindings will be installed underneath ${BINDINGS_DIR} and each user will need to modify their interpreter configuration to load the appropriate binding. If SYSINSTALL_BINDINGS is ON, then each language interpreter will be queried for the appropriate directory and proton bindings will be installed and available system wide with no additional per user configuration.")
+ 
+-set (BINDING_LANGS PERL PHP PYTHON RUBY)
++#set (BINDING_LANGS PERL PHP PYTHON RUBY)
+ 
+ foreach (LANG ${BINDING_LANGS})
+   set (SYSINSTALL_${LANG} OFF CACHE BOOL "Install ${LANG} bindings into interpreter specified location.")
+@@ -156,10 +157,10 @@ set (PROTON_SHARE ${SHARE_INSTALL_DIR}/proton-${PN_VERSION})
+ # End of variables used during install
+ 
+ # Check for valgrind here so tests under proton-c/ and examples/ can use it.
+-find_program(VALGRIND_EXE valgrind DOC "Location of the valgrind program")
++#find_program(VALGRIND_EXE valgrind DOC "Location of the valgrind program")
+ mark_as_advanced (VALGRIND_EXE)
+ 
+-option(ENABLE_VALGRIND "Use valgrind to detect run-time problems" ON)
++#option(ENABLE_VALGRIND "Use valgrind to detect run-time problems" ON)
+ if (ENABLE_VALGRIND)
+   if (NOT VALGRIND_EXE)
+     message(STATUS "Can't locate the valgrind command; no run-time error detection")
+@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ if (ENABLE_VALGRIND)
+ endif (ENABLE_VALGRIND)
+ 
+ add_subdirectory(proton-c)
+-add_subdirectory(examples)
++#add_subdirectory(examples)
+ 
+ install (FILES LICENSE README.md
+          DESTINATION ${PROTON_SHARE})
+diff --git a/examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+index 304d899..f4877b4 100644
+--- a/examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
+ # under the License.
+ #
+ 
++set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+ find_package(ProtonCpp REQUIRED)
+ 
+ include_directories(${ProtonCpp_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+diff --git a/proton-c/CMakeLists.txt b/proton-c/CMakeLists.txt
+index 8edb661..dc7b99c 100644
+--- a/proton-c/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/proton-c/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -22,24 +22,24 @@ include(CheckSymbolExists)
+ 
+ include(soversion.cmake)
+ 
+-add_custom_target(docs)
+-add_custom_target(doc DEPENDS docs)
++#add_custom_target(docs)
++#add_custom_target(doc DEPENDS docs)
+ 
+ # Set the default SSL/TLS implementation
+-find_package(OpenSSL)
++#find_package(OpenSSL)
+ find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
+-find_package(SWIG)
++#find_package(SWIG)
+ # FindSwig.cmake "forgets" make its outputs advanced like a good citizen
+ mark_as_advanced(SWIG_DIR SWIG_EXECUTABLE SWIG_VERSION)
+ 
+ # See if Cyrus SASL is available
+-find_library(CYRUS_SASL_LIBRARY sasl2)
+-find_path(CYRUS_SASL_INCLUDE_DIR sasl/sasl.h PATH_SUFFIXES include)
+-find_package_handle_standard_args(CyrusSASL DEFAULT_MSG CYRUS_SASL_LIBRARY CYRUS_SASL_INCLUDE_DIR)
++#find_library(CYRUS_SASL_LIBRARY sasl2)
++#find_path(CYRUS_SASL_INCLUDE_DIR sasl/sasl.h PATH_SUFFIXES include)
++#find_package_handle_standard_args(CyrusSASL DEFAULT_MSG CYRUS_SASL_LIBRARY CYRUS_SASL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+ mark_as_advanced(CYRUS_SASL_LIBRARY CYRUS_SASL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+ 
+ # Find saslpasswd2 executable to generate test config
+-find_program(SASLPASSWD_EXE saslpasswd2 DOC "Program used to make SASL user db for testing")
++#find_program(SASLPASSWD_EXE saslpasswd2 DOC "Program used to make SASL user db for testing")
+ mark_as_advanced(SASLPASSWD_EXE)
+ 
+ if(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ pn_absolute_install_dir(EXEC_PREFIX "." ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+ pn_absolute_install_dir(LIBDIR ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+ pn_absolute_install_dir(INCLUDEDIR ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+ 
+-add_subdirectory(docs/api)
+-add_subdirectory(../tests/tools/apps/c ../tests/tools/apps/c)
++#add_subdirectory(docs/api)
++#add_subdirectory(../tests/tools/apps/c ../tests/tools/apps/c)
+ 
+ # for full source distribution:
+ set (qpid-proton-platform-all
+@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ if (BUILD_WITH_CXX)
+ endif (BUILD_WITH_CXX)
+ 
+ add_library (
+-  qpid-proton-core SHARED
++  qpid-proton-core STATIC
+   ${qpid-proton-core}
+   ${qpid-proton-layers}
+   ${qpid-proton-platform}
+@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ set_target_properties (
+   )
+ 
+ add_library(
+-  qpid-proton SHARED
++  qpid-proton STATIC
+   # Proton Core
+   ${qpid-proton-core}
+   ${qpid-proton-layers}
+@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ install (FILES
+ 
+ # c tests:
+ 
+-add_subdirectory(src/tests)
++#add_subdirectory(src/tests)
+ 
+ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows)
+   # No change needed for windows already use correct separator
+@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ if (BUILD_PYTHON)
+ 
+ endif (BUILD_PYTHON)
+ 
+-find_program(RUBY_EXE "ruby")
++#find_program(RUBY_EXE "ruby")
+ if (RUBY_EXE AND BUILD_RUBY)
+   set (rb_root "${pn_test_root}/ruby")
+   set (rb_src "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/ruby")
+@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ if (RUBY_EXE AND BUILD_RUBY)
+   else (DEFAULT_RUBY_TESTING)
+     message(STATUS "Skipping Ruby tests: missing dependencies")
+   endif (DEFAULT_RUBY_TESTING)
+-else (RUBY_EXE)
+-  message (STATUS "Cannot find ruby, skipping ruby tests")
++#else (RUBY_EXE)
++#  message (STATUS "Cannot find ruby, skipping ruby tests")
+ endif()
+ 
+ mark_as_advanced (RUBY_EXE RSPEC_EXE)
+diff --git a/proton-c/bindings/CMakeLists.txt b/proton-c/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
+index 6b88384..d1a50a5 100644
+--- a/proton-c/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/proton-c/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
+ 
+ # Add bindings that do not require swig here - the directory name must be the same as the binding name
+ # See below for swig bindings
+-set(BINDINGS javascript cpp go)
++set(BINDINGS cpp)
+ 
+ # Prerequisites for javascript.
+ #
+ # It uses a C/C++ to JavaScript cross-compiler called emscripten (https://github.com/kripken/emscripten). Emscripten takes C/C++
+ # and compiles it into a highly optimisable subset of JavaScript called asm.js (http://asmjs.org/) that can be
+ # aggressively optimised and run at near-native speed (usually between 1.5 to 10 times slower than native C/C++).
+-find_package(Emscripten)
++#find_package(Emscripten)
+ if (EMSCRIPTEN_FOUND)
+   set (DEFAULT_JAVASCRIPT ON)
+ endif (EMSCRIPTEN_FOUND)
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER)
+ endif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER)
+ 
+ # Prerequisites for Go
+-find_program(GO_EXE go)
++#find_program(GO_EXE go)
+ mark_as_advanced(GO_EXE)
+ if (GO_EXE)
+   if(WIN32)
+diff --git a/proton-c/bindings/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/proton-c/bindings/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+index 0cc4024..796fe29 100644
+--- a/proton-c/bindings/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/proton-c/bindings/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
+ # specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ # under the License.
+ #
+-
++set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+ include(cpp.cmake) # Compiler checks
+ 
+ include_directories(
+@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ set_source_files_properties (
+   COMPILE_FLAGS "${LTO}"
+   )
+ 
+-add_library(qpid-proton-cpp SHARED ${qpid-proton-cpp-source})
++add_library(qpid-proton-cpp STATIC ${qpid-proton-cpp-source})
+ 
+ target_link_libraries (qpid-proton-cpp ${PLATFORM_LIBS} qpid-proton)
+ 
+@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ endif (MSVC)
+ 
+ install (DIRECTORY "include/proton" DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR} FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.hpp")
+ 
+-add_subdirectory(docs)
+-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/tools/apps/cpp ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/tools/apps/cpp)
++#add_subdirectory(docs)
++#add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/tools/apps/cpp ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/tools/apps/cpp)
+ 
+ # Pkg config file
+ configure_file(
+@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ macro(add_cpp_test test)
+   endif ()
+ endmacro(add_cpp_test)
+ 
+-add_cpp_test(codec_test)
++#add_cpp_test(codec_test)
+ #add_cpp_test(engine_test)
+-add_cpp_test(thread_safe_test)
+-add_cpp_test(interop_test ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests)
+-add_cpp_test(message_test)
+-add_cpp_test(scalar_test)
+-add_cpp_test(value_test)
+-add_cpp_test(container_test)
+-add_cpp_test(url_test)
++#add_cpp_test(thread_safe_test)
++#add_cpp_test(interop_test ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests)
++#add_cpp_test(message_test)
++#add_cpp_test(scalar_test)
++#add_cpp_test(value_test)
++#add_cpp_test(container_test)
++#add_cpp_test(url_test)
+diff --git a/proton-c/bindings/cpp/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/proton-c/bindings/cpp/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+index d512d15..8576867 100644
+--- a/proton-c/bindings/cpp/docs/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/proton-c/bindings/cpp/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ # under the License.
+ #
+ 
+-find_package(Doxygen)
++#find_package(Doxygen)
+ 
+ if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+   configure_file (
+diff --git a/proton-c/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt b/proton-c/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt
+index 7756e48..71ebb93 100644
+--- a/proton-c/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/proton-c/docs/api/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ # under the License.
+ #
+ 
+-find_package(Doxygen)
++#find_package(Doxygen)
+ if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+   configure_file (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/user.doxygen.in
+                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/user.doxygen)
+-- 
+2.7.4
+