diff --git a/debian/patches/faad2_version.patch b/debian/patches/faad2_version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2664ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/faad2_version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Description: Set the FAAD2_VERSION macro back to the version string.
+ In the next upstream release this macro will read "unknown version" and an API
+ will be provided to retrieve the actual library version at run-time.
+Author: Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>
+
+--- a/include/neaacdec.h
++++ b/include/neaacdec.h
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ extern "C" {
+   #endif
+ #endif
+ 
+-#define FAAD2_VERSION PACKAGE_VERSION
++#define FAAD2_VERSION "2.8.1"
+ 
+ /* object types for AAC */
+ #define MAIN       1
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 55077d0..9c49ff9 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+faad2_version.patch
 reproducible-build.patch