diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 539f144..eac7672 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ patroni (2.0.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/patches/requirements_setuptools.patch: Refreshed.
   * debian/patches/startup_scripts.patch: Refreshed.
   * debian/control (patroni/Depends): Added python3-cdiff.
+  * debian/patches/regression_tests_disable_requirement_download.patch: New
+    patch, disables downloading python packages during regression tests.
 
  -- Debian PostgreSQL Maintainers <team+postgresql@tracker.debian.org>  Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:34:34 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/regression_tests_disable_requirement_download.patch b/debian/patches/regression_tests_disable_requirement_download.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a40127f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/regression_tests_disable_requirement_download.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ./setup.py.orig	2020-10-02 23:25:24.398840743 +0200
++++ ./setup.py	2020-10-02 23:25:31.798538438 +0200
+@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@
+             if not k.startswith(':') or evaluate_marker(k[1:]):
+                 requirements.update(v)
+ 
+-        self.distribution.fetch_build_eggs(list(requirements))
+         self.run_tests()
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index cbf14f8..4650354 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ startup_scripts.patch
 acceptance_tests_system_patroni.patch
 requirements_setuptools.patch
 offline_intersphinx.patch
+regression_tests_disable_requirement_download.patch