diff --git a/debian/patches/020201202~db642e1.patch b/debian/patches/020201202~db642e1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74a8915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/020201202~db642e1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+Description: bundlebuilder: install: add destdir support
+ Add support for DESTDIR using a --destdir option,
+ https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html
+Author: James Cameron <quozl@laptop.org>
+Origin: Upstream, https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/commit/db642e1
+Bug: https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/issues/453
+Last-Update: 2021-01-28
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+--- a/src/sugar3/activity/bundlebuilder.py
++++ b/src/sugar3/activity/bundlebuilder.py
+@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@
+         Packager.__init__(self, builder.config)
+         self.builder = builder
+ 
+-    def install(self, prefix, install_mime=True, install_desktop_file=True):
++    def install(self, destdir, prefix,
++                install_mime=True, install_desktop_file=True):
+         self.builder.build()
+ 
+         activity_path = os.path.join(prefix, 'share', 'sugar', 'activities',
+@@ -290,16 +291,21 @@
+ 
+         for f in self.get_files_in_git():
+             source_path = os.path.join(self.config.source_dir, f)
+-            dest_path = os.path.join(activity_path, f)
++            dest_path = os.path.join(destdir,
++                                     os.path.relpath(activity_path, '/'), f)
+             source_to_dest[source_path] = dest_path
+ 
+         for f in self.builder.get_locale_files():
+             source_path = os.path.join(self.builder.locale_dir, f)
+ 
+             if source_path.endswith(".mo"):
+-                dest_path = os.path.join(prefix, 'share', 'locale', f)
++                dest_path = os.path.join(destdir,
++                                         os.path.relpath(prefix, '/'),
++                                         'share', 'locale', f)
+             else:
+-                dest_path = os.path.join(activity_path, 'locale', f)
++                dest_path = os.path.join(destdir,
++                                         os.path.relpath(activity_path, '/'),
++                                         'locale', f)
+ 
+             source_to_dest[source_path] = dest_path
+ 
+@@ -316,10 +322,10 @@
+             self.config.bundle.install_mime_type(self.config.source_dir)
+ 
+         if install_desktop_file:
+-            self._install_desktop_file(prefix, activity_path)
+-            self._generate_appdata(prefix, activity_path)
++            self._install_desktop_file(destdir, prefix, activity_path)
++            self._generate_appdata(destdir, prefix, activity_path)
+ 
+-    def _install_desktop_file(self, prefix, activity_path):
++    def _install_desktop_file(self, destdir, prefix, activity_path):
+         cp = ConfigParser()
+         section = 'Desktop Entry'
+         cp.add_section(section)
+@@ -327,7 +333,9 @@
+ 
+         # Get it from the activity.info for the non-translated version
+         info = ConfigParser()
+-        info.read(os.path.join(activity_path, 'activity', 'activity.info'))
++        info_path = os.path.join(destdir, os.path.relpath(activity_path, '/'),
++                                 'activity', 'activity.info')
++        info.read(info_path)
+         cp.set(section, 'Name', info.get('Activity', 'name'))
+         if info.has_option('Activity', 'summary'):
+             cp.set(section, 'Comment', info.get('Activity', 'summary'))
+@@ -353,15 +361,18 @@
+         cp.set(section, 'Path', activity_path)  # Path == CWD for running
+ 
+         name = '{}.activity.desktop'.format(self.config.bundle_id)
+-        path = os.path.join(prefix, 'share', 'applications', name)
++        path = os.path.join(destdir, os.path.relpath(prefix, '/'),
++                            'share', 'applications', name)
+         if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(path)):
+             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path))
+         with open(path, 'w') as f:
+             cp.write(f)
+ 
+-    def _generate_appdata(self, prefix, activity_path):
++    def _generate_appdata(self, destdir, prefix, activity_path):
+         info = ConfigParser()
+-        info.read(os.path.join(activity_path, 'activity', 'activity.info'))
++        info_path = os.path.join(destdir, os.path.relpath(activity_path, '/'),
++                                 'activity', 'activity.info')
++        info.read(info_path)
+ 
+         required_fields = ['metadata_license', 'license', 'name', 'icon',
+                            'description']
+@@ -408,7 +419,8 @@
+             ET.SubElement(root, 'url', type='bugtracker').text = \
+                 info.get('Activity', 'repository')
+ 
+-        path = os.path.join(prefix, 'share', 'metainfo',
++        path = os.path.join(destdir, os.path.relpath(prefix, '/'),
++                            'share', 'metainfo',
+                             self.config.bundle_id + '.appdata.xml')
+         if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(path)):
+             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path))
+@@ -505,6 +517,7 @@
+ 
+     installer = Installer(Builder(config))
+     installer.install(
++        options.destdir,
+         options.prefix,
+         options.install_mime,
+         options.install_desktop_file)
+@@ -593,6 +606,9 @@
+         "--prefix", dest="prefix", default=sys.prefix,
+         help="Path for installing")
+     install_parser.add_argument(
++        "--destdir", dest="destdir", default="/",
++        help="Path for staged install")
++    install_parser.add_argument(
+         "--skip-install-mime", dest="install_mime",
+         action="store_false", default=True,
+         help="Skip the installation of custom mime types in the system")
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 06fac34..6b8ee02 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+020201202~db642e1.patch
 1001_espeak-ng.patch
 2002_ignore_debian_and_quilt-patches.patch
 #2003_bundlebuilder_exit_nonzero_on_error.patch