diff --git a/external/subpack/libs/spice/patches/030-include-generated-code.patch b/external/subpack/libs/spice/patches/030-include-generated-code.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e93d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/subpack/libs/spice/patches/030-include-generated-code.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 0ce9cecd0912f78b75600f3f428bdd943bf9622b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 04:19:01 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] don't regenerate [de]marshallers
+
+The release tarballs already include these files.
+
+Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
+---
+ subprojects/spice-common/common/meson.build | 13 +++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/subprojects/spice-common/common/meson.build
++++ b/subprojects/spice-common/common/meson.build
+@@ -189,4 +189,17 @@ if spice_common_generate_server_code
+   spice_common_server_dep = declare_dependency(sources : spice_common_server_dep_sources,
+                                                link_with : spice_common_server_lib,
+                                                dependencies : spice_common_dep)
++else
++  spice_common_server_sources = ['generated_server_marshallers.c', 'generated_server_marshallers.h']
++  spice_common_server_sources += ['generated_server_demarshallers.c']
++  spice_common_server_dep_sources = ['generated_server_marshallers.c', 'generated_server_marshallers.h']
++  spice_common_server_dep_sources += ['generated_server_demarshallers.c']
++
++  spice_common_server_lib = static_library('spice-common-server', spice_common_server_sources,
++                                           install : false,
++                                           dependencies : spice_common_dep)
++
++  spice_common_server_dep = declare_dependency(sources : spice_common_server_dep_sources,
++                                               link_with : spice_common_server_lib,
++                                               dependencies : spice_common_dep)
+ endif