diff --git a/srcpkgs/rstudio/patches/0007-disable-check-for-updates.patch b/srcpkgs/rstudio/patches/0007-disable-check-for-updates.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd1eef5eeda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rstudio/patches/0007-disable-check-for-updates.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/src/cpp/session/SessionClientInit.cpp
++++ b/src/cpp/session/SessionClientInit.cpp
+@@ -443,8 +443,7 @@
+ 
+    sessionInfo["disable_packages"] = module_context::disablePackages();
+ 
+-   sessionInfo["disable_check_for_updates"] =
+-          !core::system::getenv("RSTUDIO_DISABLE_CHECK_FOR_UPDATES").empty();
++   sessionInfo["disable_check_for_updates"] = true;
+ 
+    sessionInfo["allow_vcs_exe_edit"] = options.allowVcsExecutableEdit();
+    sessionInfo["allow_cran_repos_edit"] = options.allowCRANReposEdit();
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rstudio/template b/srcpkgs/rstudio/template
index b2c06a205ea..dccb6b38fff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rstudio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rstudio/template
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ pre_configure() {
 	ln -s /usr/bin/node dependencies/common/node/$_node_ver/bin/node
 	cd src/gwt
 	ant draft
+
+	_maj_min=${version%*.*}
+	export RSTUDIO_VERSION_MAJOR=${_maj_min%.*}
+	export RSTUDIO_VERSION_MINOR=${_maj_min#*.}
+	export RSTUDIO_VERSION_PATCH=${version#*.*.*}
+	export PACKAGE_OS=VoidLinux
 }
 
 post_install() {