diff --git a/texstudio-disable-update-check.patch b/texstudio-disable-update-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6818706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/texstudio-disable-update-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+From 6855f6912aff21c5aec73777c504bfce9e62d37b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: hannes <hannes@fedoraproject.org>
+Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:34:51 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] update_check
+
+---
+ configdialog.ui   | 10 ++++++++--
+ configmanager.cpp |  2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configdialog.ui b/configdialog.ui
+index 2e7e131..a8f69b1 100644
+--- a/configdialog.ui
++++ b/configdialog.ui
+@@ -557,15 +557,21 @@
+                  <number>1</number>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="value">
+-                 <number>7</number>
++			<number>7</number>
+                 </property>
++		<property name="readOnly">
++			<bool>true</bool>
++		</property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item row="0" column="0">
+                <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxAutoUpdateCheck">
+                 <property name="text">
+                  <string>Automatically check every</string>
+-                </property>
++	 </property>
++ 	<property name="checkable">
++	<bool>false</bool>
++	</property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item row="0" column="5">
+diff --git a/configmanager.cpp b/configmanager.cpp
+index e1ddbdb..443f4a7 100644
+--- a/configmanager.cpp
++++ b/configmanager.cpp
+@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ ConfigManager::ConfigManager(QObject *parent): QObject (parent),
+ 	registerOption("Thesaurus/Database", &thesaurus_database, "<dic not found>", &pseudoDialog->comboBoxThesaurusFileName);
+ 
+ 	//updates
+-	registerOption("Update/AutoCheck", &autoUpdateCheck, true, &pseudoDialog->checkBoxAutoUpdateCheck);
++	registerOption("Update/AutoCheck", &autoUpdateCheck, false, &pseudoDialog->checkBoxAutoUpdateCheck);
+ 	registerOption("Update/UpdateLevel", &updateLevel, 0, &pseudoDialog->comboBoxUpdateLevel);
+ 	registerOption("Update/AutoCheckInvervalDays", &autoUpdateCheckIntervalDays, 7, &pseudoDialog->spinBoxAutoUpdateCheckIntervalDays);
+ 	registerOption("Update/LastCheck", &lastUpdateCheck, QDateTime());
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/texstudio.spec b/texstudio.spec
index 9ea6a07..714d061 100644
--- a/texstudio.spec
+++ b/texstudio.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Source1:        texstudio.desktop
 Patch0:         texstudio-use-system-hunspell-instead-of-bundled-one.patch
 Patch1:         texstudio-use-system-qtsingleapplication-instead-of-bundled-on.patch 
 Patch2:         texstudio-debughelper-arm-fix.patch 
+Patch3:         texstudio-disable-update-check.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n) 
 BuildRequires:  qt5-qtbase-devel
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ so it keeps it look&feel.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .hunspell
 %patch1 -p1 -b .qtsingle
 %patch2 -p1 -b .arm
+%patch3 -p1 -b .update_check
 
 rm -rf {hunspell,qtsingleapplication}