diff --git a/package/dropbear/patches/140-disable_assert.patch b/package/dropbear/patches/140-disable_assert.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2628f34071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/dropbear/patches/140-disable_assert.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/dbutil.h
++++ b/dbutil.h
+@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
+ #define DEF_MP_INT(X) mp_int X = {0, 0, 0, NULL}
+ 
+ /* Dropbear assertion */
+-#define dropbear_assert(X) do { if (!(X)) { fail_assert(#X, __FILE__, __LINE__); } } while (0)
++#ifndef DROPBEAR_ASSERT_ENABLED
++#define DROPBEAR_ASSERT_ENABLED 0
++#endif
++
++#define dropbear_assert(X) do { if (DROPBEAR_ASSERT_ENABLED && !(X)) { fail_assert(#X, __FILE__, __LINE__); } } while (0)
+ 
+ #endif /* _DBUTIL_H_ */