diff --git a/util/mirror-tarballs b/util/mirror-tarballs
index 4ff6338..de592fd 100755
--- a/util/mirror-tarballs
+++ b/util/mirror-tarballs
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$main_ver-poll_del_event_at_exit.patch
 echo applying location_if_inherits_proxy.patch ...
 patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$main_ver-location_if_inherits_proxy.patch
 
+echo applying dtrace.patch ...
+patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$main_ver-dtrace.patch
+
 rm -f *.patch || exit 1
 
 cd .. || exit 1
diff --git a/util/ver b/util/ver
index b476cb9..cbe94ef 100755
--- a/util/ver
+++ b/util/ver
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 main_ver=1.2.1
-minor_ver=9rc2
+minor_ver=9rc3
 version=$main_ver.$minor_ver
 echo $version