diff --git a/debian/patches/0004-no-update-check.patch b/debian/patches/0004-no-update-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2221e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0004-no-update-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Description: Update checks do not make sense for a distribution
+Author: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Last-Update: 2016-02-24
+
+--- obs-studio-0.13.2+dfsg1.orig/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
++++ obs-studio-0.13.2+dfsg1/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
+@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ void OBSBasic::TimedCheckForUpdates()
+ #ifdef UPDATE_SPARKLE
+ 	init_sparkle_updater(config_get_bool(App()->GlobalConfig(), "General",
+ 				"UpdateToUndeployed"));
+-#else
++#elif 0
+ 	long long lastUpdate = config_get_int(App()->GlobalConfig(), "General",
+ 			"LastUpdateCheck");
+ 	uint32_t lastVersion = config_get_int(App()->GlobalConfig(), "General",
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 3b3ce8d..1b47c52 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 0001-Use-common-license.patch
 0002-Buildsystem.patch
 0003-override-path.patch
+0004-no-update-check.patch