diff --git a/games/ags/files/patch-Common_debug_assert.h b/games/ags/files/patch-Common_debug_assert.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1129fefbfcca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/ags/files/patch-Common_debug_assert.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--- Common/debug/assert.h.orig	2017-08-03 13:21:09 UTC
++++ Common/debug/assert.h
+@@ -18,31 +18,6 @@
+ #ifndef __AGS_CN_DEBUG__ASSERT_H
+ #define __AGS_CN_DEBUG__ASSERT_H
+ 
+-#ifdef _DEBUG
+-
+-// TODO: revise this later (add platform-specific output maybe?)
+-#if defined(WINDOWS_VERSION)
+-
+-inline void assert(bool expr)
+-{
+-    if (!expr) {
+-        _asm {
+-            int 3
+-        }
+-    }
+-}
+-
+-#else // !WINDOWS_VERSION
+-
+ #include <assert.h>
+-
+-#endif
+-
+-#else // !_DEBUG
+-
+-// JJS: GCC has trouble with macro overloading
+-inline void assert(bool expr) {}
+-
+-#endif // !_DEBUG
+ 
+ #endif // __AGS_CN_DEBUG__ASSERT_H