diff --git a/app-editors/atom/files/0002-skip-atom-shell-copy.patch b/app-editors/atom/files/0002-skip-atom-shell-copy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c1acee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-editors/atom/files/0002-skip-atom-shell-copy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/build/tasks/build-task.coffee b/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
+index c9964b4..74d8881 100644
+--- a/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
++++ b/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
+@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
+ 
+     if process.platform is 'darwin'
+       cp 'atom-shell/Atom.app', shellAppDir, filter: /default_app/
+-    else
+-      cp 'atom-shell', shellAppDir, filter: /default_app/
+ 
+     mkdir appDir
+