diff --git a/debian/patches/01-build.patch b/debian/patches/01-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1eb301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/01-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Author: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>
+Description: Avoid overwriting build-environment.
+
+diff -Naurp pdlzip.orig/configure pdlzip/configure
+--- pdlzip.orig/configure	2012-06-27 16:06:20.050801430 +0200
++++ pdlzip/configure	2012-06-30 05:22:30.357871278 +0200
+@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ infodir='$(datadir)/info'
+ mandir='$(datadir)/man'
+ sysconfdir='$(prefix)/etc'
+ CC=
+-CPPFLAGS=
+-CFLAGS='-Wall -W -O2'
+-LDFLAGS=
++#CPPFLAGS=
++#CFLAGS='-Wall -W -O2'
++#LDFLAGS=
+ 
+ # Loop over all args
+ while [ -n "$1" ] ; do
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..605653d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+01-build.patch