diff --git a/debian/patches/apertis/0004-config-disable-role-based-endpoints-in-the-default-c.patch b/debian/patches/apertis/0004-config-disable-role-based-endpoints-in-the-default-c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb4e0b1ccf8324eadf4d01fe7f4fe25bef1c5574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/apertis/0004-config-disable-role-based-endpoints-in-the-default-c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 94dd3c4c1cf0669d16cae0ed9e7038d76c250873 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: George Kiagiadakis <george.kiagiadakis@collabora.com>
+Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 17:36:57 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] config: disable role-based endpoints in the default
+ configuration
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+---
+ src/config/policy.lua.d/50-endpoints-config.lua | 7 +++++++
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/config/policy.lua.d/50-endpoints-config.lua b/src/config/policy.lua.d/50-endpoints-config.lua
+index 529ed08..4bdf82a 100644
+--- a/src/config/policy.lua.d/50-endpoints-config.lua
++++ b/src/config/policy.lua.d/50-endpoints-config.lua
+@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
++-- uncomment to enable role-based endpoints
++-- this is not yet ready for desktop use
++--
++--[[
++
+ default_policy.policy.roles = {
+   ["Multimedia"] = {
+     ["alias"] = { "Movie", "Music", "Game" },
+@@ -30,3 +35,5 @@ default_policy.endpoints = {
+     ["role"] = "Alert",
+   },
+ }
++
++]]--
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 6a40ed8693abbb716e8d9a316b23a8ef252bef08..ddcb048490a9a7497959a009bc4d851a4d176d78 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ meson-force-the-gir-target-to-depend-on-wp-gtkdoc.h.patch
 apertis/0001-tests-si-standard-link-fix-racy-test.patch
 apertis/0002-m-si-standard-link-fix-number-of-links-check.patch
 apertis/0003-tests-si-audio-adapter-test-is.device-property.patch
+apertis/0004-config-disable-role-based-endpoints-in-the-default-c.patch