diff --git a/packages/lfortran/src-bin-lfortran.cpp.patch b/packages/lfortran/src-bin-lfortran.cpp.patch
index ea03d19da3..737878996b 100644
--- a/packages/lfortran/src-bin-lfortran.cpp.patch
+++ b/packages/lfortran/src-bin-lfortran.cpp.patch
@@ -56,3 +56,12 @@
          }
          std::string cmd = CXX + options + " -o " + outfile + " ";
          for (auto &s : infiles) {
+@@ -1304,7 +1322,7 @@
+         bool show_asm = false;
+         bool time_report = false;
+         bool static_link = false;
+-        std::string arg_backend = "llvm";
++        std::string arg_backend = "cpp";
+         std::string arg_kernel_f;
+         bool print_targets = false;
+