diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 709d52f8ee91c8b4665099e0f487d5551e2cbe14..dbfcf87cdd228a75c1119753d1a01d53fcf3762d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ daisy-player (9.0.0-1+hypra1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Add patch adding an option not to show time elapsing during playback.
     This is useful for people using a screen reader that would read the
     changes on screen and thus insert continuous noise.
+  * Add patch to reduce physical screen redraws.
 
  -- Colomban Wendling <cwendling@hypra.fr>  Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:00:41 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 574a6643ed644bad43c80469b9c554a88e714544..3bfeb013770c68cf15c308ea9a1dc433258dc2db 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 no_time_during_playback.patch
 fix_manpage_for_syntax_change.patch
+smaller-refresh.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/smaller-refresh.patch b/debian/patches/smaller-refresh.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0468516586b6a69b16a828d6c8090ece8987ceea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/smaller-refresh.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/daisy-player.c
++++ b/src/daisy-player.c
+@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ void view_screen (misc_t *misc, daisy_t
+               daisy[misc->current].screen + 1,
+               daisy[misc->total_items - 1].screen + 1);
+    wrefresh (misc->titlewin);
+-   wclear (misc->screenwin);
++   werase (misc->screenwin);
+    for (i = 0; daisy[i].screen != daisy[misc->current].screen; i++);
+    do
+    {