diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/calf-studio-gear/calf_git.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/calf-studio-gear/calf_git.bb
index 93d8342e..59f42dee 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/calf-studio-gear/calf_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/calf-studio-gear/calf_git.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
 SRC_URI = " \
     git://github.com/calf-studio-gear/calf.git \
     file://0001-Do-store-calfmakerdf-commandline-for-later-use-in-qe.patch \
+    file://0002-fluidsynth-Activate-synth.dynamic-sample-loading-for.patch \
 "
 SRCREV = "e5c08dc2483c444d18d24a37c395274002320f5c"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/calf-studio-gear/files/0002-fluidsynth-Activate-synth.dynamic-sample-loading-for.patch b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/calf-studio-gear/files/0002-fluidsynth-Activate-synth.dynamic-sample-loading-for.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a993079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/calf-studio-gear/files/0002-fluidsynth-Activate-synth.dynamic-sample-loading-for.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 579ce205281dc47c94b0e6392decac9763397a9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 12:14:52 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fluidsynth: Activate synth.dynamic-sample-loading for
+ fluidsynth >=2
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+This reduces soundfont load time and memory consumption significantly
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/fluidsynth.cpp | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/fluidsynth.cpp b/src/fluidsynth.cpp
+index 54023dc8..14c018e3 100644
+--- a/src/fluidsynth.cpp
++++ b/src/fluidsynth.cpp
+@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ fluid_synth_t *fluidsynth_audio_module::create_synth(int &new_sfid)
+     std::fill(set_presets, set_presets + 16, -1);
+     fluid_settings_t *new_settings = new_fluid_settings();
+     fluid_settings_setnum(new_settings, "synth.sample-rate", srate);
++#if FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION_MAJOR >= 2
++    fluid_settings_setint(new_settings, "synth.dynamic-sample-loading", 1);
++#endif
+     fluid_synth_t *s = new_fluid_synth(new_settings);
+     if (!soundfont.empty())
+     {
+-- 
+2.20.1
+