diff --git a/debian/patches/03-disable-wallpaper b/debian/patches/03-disable-wallpaper
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..185914055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/03-disable-wallpaper
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Index: sway-regolith/meson_options.txt
+===================================================================
+--- sway-regolith.orig/meson_options.txt
++++ sway-regolith/meson_options.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-option('default-wallpaper', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Install the default wallpaper.')
++option('default-wallpaper', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Install the default wallpaper.')
+ option('zsh-completions', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Install zsh shell completions.')
+ option('bash-completions', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Install bash shell completions.')
+ option('fish-completions', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Install fish shell completions.')
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 01e885e6c..f63bcf293 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 01-regolith-trawl.patch
 02-version-fix.patch
+03-disable-wallpaper