diff --git a/srcpkgs/melonDS/patches/ignore-padding.patch b/srcpkgs/melonDS/patches/ignore-padding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2264c6f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/melonDS/patches/ignore-padding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/src/teakra/src/test.h
++++ b/src/teakra/src/test.h
+@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@
+     u16 opcode, expand;
+ };
+ 
+-static_assert(sizeof(TestCase) == 4312);
+ static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<TestCase>);