diff --git a/srcpkgs/ledger/patches/fix-cflags.patch b/srcpkgs/ledger/patches/fix-cflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..179ab79cd14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ledger/patches/fix-cflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: CMakeLists.txt
+===================================================================
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ if (BUILD_DEBUG)
+   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+   set(DEBUG_MODE 1)
+ else()
+-  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
+   set(DEBUG_MODE 0)
+ endif()
+