diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index 636e75820..d337a6ff7 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -951,6 +951,10 @@ CHECKS_LIBRARY_PATCHES_TO_APPLY = [
     'patch/add-patch-already-patched-flag.patch',
     'patch/fix-patch-no-chdir.patch',
 ]
+if DEBUG:
+    CHECKS_LIBRARY_PATCHES_TO_APPLY += [
+        'patch/add-django-cprofile-filter.patch',
+    ]
 
 STATS_NAMES_LIMIT = 25
 
diff --git a/patch/add-django-cprofile-filter.patch b/patch/add-django-cprofile-filter.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c469ff4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/add-django-cprofile-filter.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+--- django_cprofile_middleware/middleware.py.old	2018-04-04 06:32:29.282187502 -0700
++++ django_cprofile_middleware/middleware.py	2018-04-04 06:44:00.126537763 -0700
+@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+ import pstats
++import re
+ 
+ try:
+     import cProfile as profile
+@@ -14,6 +15,15 @@
+ from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
+ 
+ 
++class Stats(pstats.Stats):
++    def filter_stats(self, regex):
++        oldstats = self.stats
++        self.stats = newstats = {}
++        filter = re.compile(regex)
++        for func, (cc, nc, tt, ct, callers) in oldstats.iteritems():
++            if filter.search(pstats.func_std_string(func)):
++                newstats[func] = (cc, nc, tt, ct, callers)
++
+ class ProfilerMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
+     """
+     Simple profile middleware to profile django views. To run it, add ?prof to
+@@ -62,8 +72,13 @@
+                 response['Content-Length'] = len(output)
+             else:
+                 io = StringIO()
+-                stats = pstats.Stats(self.profiler, stream=io)
+-                stats.strip_dirs().sort_stats(request.GET.get('sort', 'time'))
++                stats = Stats(self.profiler, stream=io)
++                if request.GET.get('stripdirs', False):
++                    stats = stats.strip_dirs()
++                filter = request.GET.get('filter', None)
++                if filter:
++                    stats.filter_stats(filter)
++                stats.sort_stats(request.GET.get('sort', 'time'))
+                 stats.print_stats(int(request.GET.get('count', 100)))
+                 response = HttpResponse('<pre>%s</pre>' % io.getvalue())
+         return response