diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/fractal/disable-debug.patch b/pkgs/by-name/fr/fractal/disable-debug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e72b4961df5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/fractal/disable-debug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
+index d614a94..674f2d6 100644
+--- a/Cargo.toml
++++ b/Cargo.toml
+@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ rust-version = "1.82"
+ publish = false
+ 
+ [profile.release]
+-debug = true
+ lto = "thin"
+ codegen-units = 1
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/fractal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fr/fractal/package.nix
index 5f5def674258..9c15ddd6a4e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/fractal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/fractal/package.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-e3IW8D4aLU6d36ErUHDUDiXF1lN4HCn5OCX6GwaT3iQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Disable debug symbols in release builds
+    # The debug symbols are stripped afterwards anyways, and building with them requires extra memory
+    ./disable-debug.patch
+  ];
+
   # Dirty approach to add patches after cargoSetupPostUnpackHook
   # We should eventually use a cargo vendor patch hook instead
   preConfigure = ''