diff --git a/build/flatpak/patches/suitesparse-reduce-build.patch b/build/flatpak/patches/suitesparse-reduce-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5560b5e8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/flatpak/patches/suitesparse-reduce-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+diff -Naur SuiteSparse.ori/Makefile SuiteSparse/Makefile
+--- SuiteSparse.ori/Makefile	2018-12-23 14:31:36.000000000 +0100
++++ SuiteSparse/Makefile	2019-04-05 15:21:59.287341367 +0200
+@@ -38,24 +38,24 @@
+ # (note that CSparse is not installed; CXSparse is installed instead)
+ install: metisinstall
+ 	( cd SuiteSparse_config && $(MAKE) install )
+-	( cd GraphBLAS && $(MAKE) CMAKE_OPTIONS='$(CMAKE_OPTIONS)' install )
+-	( cd Mongoose  && $(MAKE) CMAKE_OPTIONS='$(CMAKE_OPTIONS)' install )
++#	( cd GraphBLAS && $(MAKE) CMAKE_OPTIONS='$(CMAKE_OPTIONS)' install )
++#	( cd Mongoose  && $(MAKE) CMAKE_OPTIONS='$(CMAKE_OPTIONS)' install )
+ 	( cd AMD && $(MAKE) install )
+-	( cd BTF && $(MAKE) install )
++#	( cd BTF && $(MAKE) install )
+ 	( cd CAMD && $(MAKE) install )
+ 	( cd CCOLAMD && $(MAKE) install )
+ 	( cd COLAMD && $(MAKE) install )
+ 	( cd CHOLMOD && $(MAKE) install )
+-	( cd CXSparse && $(MAKE) install )
+-	( cd LDL && $(MAKE) install )
+-	( cd KLU && $(MAKE) install )
++#	( cd CXSparse && $(MAKE) install )
++#	( cd LDL && $(MAKE) install )
++#	( cd KLU && $(MAKE) install )
+ 	( cd UMFPACK && $(MAKE) install )
+-	( cd RBio && $(MAKE) install )
++#	( cd RBio && $(MAKE) install )
+ ifneq (,$(GPU_CONFIG))
+ 	( cd SuiteSparse_GPURuntime && $(MAKE) install )
+ 	( cd GPUQREngine && $(MAKE) install )
+ endif
+-	( cd SPQR && $(MAKE) install )
++#	( cd SPQR && $(MAKE) install )
+ #	( cd PIRO_BAND && $(MAKE) install )
+ #	( cd SKYLINE_SVD && $(MAKE) install )
+ 	$(CP) README.txt $(INSTALL_DOC)/SuiteSparse_README.txt
+@@ -116,25 +116,25 @@
+ # the static library
+ library: metis
+ 	( cd SuiteSparse_config && $(MAKE) )
+-	( cd GraphBLAS && $(MAKE) CMAKE_OPTIONS='$(CMAKE_OPTIONS)' library )
+-	( cd Mongoose  && $(MAKE) CMAKE_OPTIONS='$(CMAKE_OPTIONS)' library )
++#	( cd GraphBLAS && $(MAKE) CMAKE_OPTIONS='$(CMAKE_OPTIONS)' library )
++#	( cd Mongoose  && $(MAKE) CMAKE_OPTIONS='$(CMAKE_OPTIONS)' library )
+ 	( cd AMD && $(MAKE) library )
+-	( cd BTF && $(MAKE) library )
++#	( cd BTF && $(MAKE) library )
+ 	( cd CAMD && $(MAKE) library )
+ 	( cd CCOLAMD && $(MAKE) library )
+ 	( cd COLAMD && $(MAKE) library )
+ 	( cd CHOLMOD && $(MAKE) library )
+-	( cd KLU && $(MAKE) library )
+-	( cd LDL && $(MAKE) library )
++#	( cd KLU && $(MAKE) library )
++#	( cd LDL && $(MAKE) library )
+ 	( cd UMFPACK && $(MAKE) library )
+ 	( cd CSparse && $(MAKE) library )
+-	( cd CXSparse && $(MAKE) library )
+-	( cd RBio && $(MAKE) library )
++#	( cd CXSparse && $(MAKE) library )
++#	( cd RBio && $(MAKE) library )
+ ifneq (,$(GPU_CONFIG))
+ 	( cd SuiteSparse_GPURuntime && $(MAKE) library )
+ 	( cd GPUQREngine && $(MAKE) library )
+ endif
+-	( cd SPQR && $(MAKE) library )
++#	( cd SPQR && $(MAKE) library )
+ #	( cd PIRO_BAND && $(MAKE) library )
+ #	( cd SKYLINE_SVD && $(MAKE) library )
+