diff --git a/srcpkgs/xstarter/patches/cmake-build-type-none.patch b/srcpkgs/xstarter/patches/cmake-build-type-none.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f793e4c473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xstarter/patches/cmake-build-type-none.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: CMakeLists.txt
+===================================================================
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -5,16 +5,8 @@ CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
+ 
+ project(xstarter)
+ 
+-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+-  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build (Debug or Release)" FORCE)
+-endif()
+-
+ set(PROJECT_VERSION "0.8.0")
+-if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Debug)
+-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g -Wall -pedantic")
+-else()
+-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-Wall -pedantic -O3")
+-endif()
++set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-Wall -pedantic ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin")
+ 
+ set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xstarter/template b/srcpkgs/xstarter/template
index aa9a47e45e5..4363d36e3c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xstarter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xstarter/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xstarter'
 pkgname=xstarter
 version=0.8.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="glib-devel ncurses-devel"