diff --git a/testing/pithos/APKBUILD b/testing/pithos/APKBUILD
index e56ea9ed3e0..0ef855a9494 100644
--- a/testing/pithos/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/pithos/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Adam Plumb <adamplumb@gmail.com>
 pkgname=pithos
 pkgver=1.5.1
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="GTK+ player for pandora web radio"
 url="https://pithos.github.io/"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="https://github.com/pithos/pithos/releases/download/$pkgver/pithos-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	0001-Do-not-fail-if-locale-attributes-are-not-present.patch
 	0001-ui-Make-fit-on-small-mobile-screens.patch
+	no-optimise.patch
 	"
 
 build() {
@@ -37,4 +38,5 @@ sha512sums="
 9791badb2fcb05aaa7a81f0e221a4800b5c9c8f7f37d1642db441a473d10d4b49a4aa44a0b8530c9e8508b393b8769aa335918d2d7de6c30b87c108d1cfde564  pithos-1.5.1.tar.xz
 093390c35dc12ae05e75f1e168bd8bd2fd08d046d647978875df0e2ae0e14d2540b60875f303a0b6dd88527a820164a0e04342c9d928265b1d05d2818f147489  0001-Do-not-fail-if-locale-attributes-are-not-present.patch
 dac08931d54fdd861b59e7cf20306b6e3ba7486e333afa6c0d34e417ce5aeebe6bdec5a20c7e97393272e36c4b7a0ddd350d911fa0433e6a690957be13b6cf0b  0001-ui-Make-fit-on-small-mobile-screens.patch
+d80de0beb0e856d5020f7d4a275abb00404bbd5875f1639a324a8f21f58208594a0962b73e7b0bda765ef74649db5e10e8a2a02e57f18d7d55212be51655c436  no-optimise.patch
 "
diff --git a/testing/pithos/no-optimise.patch b/testing/pithos/no-optimise.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a6c54bd837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/pithos/no-optimise.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/meson_post_install.py b/meson_post_install.py
+index 17b4f2a..caf1c33 100644
+--- a/meson_post_install.py
++++ b/meson_post_install.py
+@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ if not destdir:
+     call(['glib-compile-schemas', path.join(datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas')])
+ 
+ print('Compiling python bytecode...')
+-compile_dir(destdir + path.join(datadir, 'pithos', 'pithos'), optimize=2)
++compile_dir(destdir + path.join(datadir, 'pithos', 'pithos'))