diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f15af1..ad561a9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -109,3 +109,6 @@ site/
 
 docs/public/
 .gluon
+
+# Patch generation
+.moz-central
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index c3c10a1..6a195cb 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ yarn.lock
 .vscode/
 .github/
 .eslintrc.js
-jest.config.js
\ No newline at end of file
+jest.config.js
+
+# Patch generation
+.moz-central
+patches.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches.sh b/patches.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..98fd61e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+action=$1
+
+# Make sure the user has specified the location of mozilla-central in their 
+# environment. Some people (i.e. trickypr) prefer to clone it into other places 
+if [ ! -f .moz-central ]
+then
+    echo "Please make sure you specify the location of your checkout of `mozilla-central`"
+    echo "inside of the `.moz-central` file."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mozilla_centeral_repo=$(cat .moz-central)
+last_patch=`exec ls -1 ./template/patches.optional | sed 's/-.*//g' | sort -n | tail -1`
+next_patch=`expr 1 + ${last_patch:=0}`
+root_pwd=$PWD
+
+if [ $action = "import" ]
+then
+    echo "Importing:"
+    echo
+    
+    cd $mozilla_centeral_repo
+    for file in $root_pwd/template/patches.optional/*.patch
+    do
+        echo "  $file..."
+        # --forward is used to skip the patch if it has already been applied
+        patch -p1 --forward < $file
+    done
+
+    cd $root_pwd
+elif [ $action = "export" ]
+then
+    if [ -x "$2" ]
+    then
+        echo "Please provide a file name. Usage: $0 $action <filename>"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "Exporting: ${@:2}"
+    echo
+    
+    cd $mozilla_centeral_repo
+    git add ${@:2}
+    git commit
+    git format-patch --start-number $next_patch -1 -o $root_pwd/template/patches.optional
+    cd $root_pwd
+else
+    echo "Usage: $0 import|export"
+    echo
+    echo "  import:  Import all patches in ./template/patches.optional"
+    echo "  export:  Exports a specific patch. Usage: $0 export <filename>"
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commands/patches/command.ts b/src/commands/patches/command.ts
index de51949..1d6369d 100644
--- a/src/commands/patches/command.ts
+++ b/src/commands/patches/command.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { existsSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
 import { patchCountFile } from '../../middleware/patch-check'
 import { checkHash } from '../../utils'
 import { log } from '../../log'
+import { templateDir } from '../setupProject'
 
 type ListrTaskGroup = Listr.ListrTask<unknown>
 
@@ -95,8 +96,32 @@ function importGitPatch(): ListrTaskGroup {
   )
 }
 
-export async function applyPatches(): Promise<void> {
-  await new Listr([importMelonPatches(), importFolders(), importGitPatch()], {
-    renderer: log.isDebug ? 'verbose' : 'default',
-  }).run()
+function importInternalPatch(): ListrTaskGroup {
+  const patches = sync('*.patch', {
+    nodir: true,
+    cwd: join(templateDir, 'patches.optional'),
+  }).map((path) => ({
+    name: path,
+    path: join(templateDir, 'patches.optional', path),
+  }))
+
+  return patchMethod<gitPatch.IGitPatch>(
+    'gluon',
+    patches,
+    async (patch) => await gitPatch.apply(patch.path)
+  )
+}
+
+export async function applyPatches(): Promise<void> {
+  await new Listr(
+    [
+      importInternalPatch(),
+      importMelonPatches(),
+      importFolders(),
+      importGitPatch(),
+    ],
+    {
+      renderer: log.isDebug ? 'verbose' : 'default',
+    }
+  ).run()
 }
diff --git a/template/patches.optional/0001-Reduce-update-info.patch b/template/patches.optional/0001-Reduce-update-info.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1979b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/patches.optional/0001-Reduce-update-info.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From d1a2aac4daffb822afcee499ee329304dd53a520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: trickypr <trickypr@icloud.com>
+Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:13:36 +1000
+Subject: [PATCH] Reduce update info
+
+The default mozilla update config will send a bunch of unnessisary
+config to the update server, which just increases the complexity of the
+updates that gluon needs to generate.
+---
+ build/application.ini.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/build/application.ini.in b/build/application.ini.in
+index 6df13230a4..797006c4ee 100644
+--- a/build/application.ini.in
++++ b/build/application.ini.in
+@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ ServerURL=@MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_URL@/submit?id=@MOZ_APP_ID@&version=@MOZ_APP_VERSIO
+ 
+ #if MOZ_UPDATER
+ [AppUpdate]
+-URL=https://@MOZ_APPUPDATE_HOST@/update/6/%PRODUCT%/%VERSION%/%BUILD_ID%/%BUILD_TARGET%/%LOCALE%/%CHANNEL%/%OS_VERSION%/%SYSTEM_CAPABILITIES%/%DISTRIBUTION%/%DISTRIBUTION_VERSION%/update.xml
++URL=http://@MOZ_APPUPDATE_HOST@/update/browser/%BUILD_TARGET%/%CHANNEL%/update.xml
+ #endif
+-- 
+2.36.1
+