diff --git a/flatpak-cache.patch b/flatpak-cache.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b04eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flatpak-cache.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Based on the Flathub patch but only skip the mtime test when in an ostree
+(different versions have used 0 or 1 as the mtime for all files).
+
+https://github.com/flathub/org.videolan.VLC/blob/master/vlc-ignore-time-for-cache.patch
+
+diff --git a/src/modules/bank.c b/src/modules/bank.c
+index 2e67a0d07e..ab2915fbb7 100644
+--- a/src/modules/bank.c
++++ b/src/modules/bank.c
+@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ static int AllocatePluginFile (module_bank_t *bank, const char *abspath,
+         plugin = vlc_cache_lookup(&bank->cache, relpath);
+ 
+         if (plugin != NULL
+-         && (plugin->mtime != (int64_t)st->st_mtime
++         && (((int64_t)st->st_mtime > (int64_t)1
++           && plugin->mtime != (int64_t)st->st_mtime)
+           || plugin->size != (uint64_t)st->st_size))
+         {
+             msg_Err(bank->obj, "stale plugins cache: modified %s",
+                     plugin->abspath);
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index 2dcf017..b694009 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ Patch:		lua-math.patch
 Patch:		freerdp2.patch
 # fix build with live555-2024.11.28
 Patch:		live555.patch
+# avoid "stale plugin cache" warnings in flatpaks
+Patch:		flatpak-cache.patch
 
 %{load:%{S:1}}
 %global __provides_exclude_from ^%{vlc_plugindir}/.*$