diff --git a/RHEL-219431-fence_gce-fail-immediately-with-import-error.patch b/RHEL-219431-fence_gce-fail-immediately-with-import-error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fa085f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RHEL-219431-fence_gce-fail-immediately-with-import-error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From 449658afaa6a03387cae61842550ccb4b4c5f9dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Arslan Ahmad <arahmad@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:42:48 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] fence_gce: fail immediately on import errors
+
+Previously, if a dependency like `httplib2` failed to load due to
+a package conflict, the script would silently pass and crash further
+down the stack. Now, it explicitly catches the error, prints a clear
+log message identifying the broken module and exits immediately
+making aware of the dependency issue.
+
+AI: Assisted by Claude
+
+Signed-off-by: Arslan Ahmad <arahmad@redhat.com>
+---
+ agents/gce/fence_gce.py |  7 ++++---
+ lib/fencing.py.py       | 13 +++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/agents/gce/fence_gce.py b/agents/gce/fence_gce.py
+index c7bd2a5dc..7cc8bbbf6 100644
+--- a/agents/gce/fence_gce.py
++++ b/agents/gce/fence_gce.py
+@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@
+   import socks
+   try:
+     from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials as GoogleCredentials
+-  except:
++  except ImportError:
+     from oauth2client.client import GoogleCredentials
+-except:
+-  pass
++except Exception as e:
++    from fencing import fail_import_if_not_metadata_or_help_action
++    fail_import_if_not_metadata_or_help_action("Failed to import Google Cloud dependencies", e)
+ 
+ VERSION = '1.0.5'
+ ACTION_IDS = {
+diff --git a/lib/fencing.py.py b/lib/fencing.py.py
+index 123926782..8adacea85 100644
+--- a/lib/fencing.py.py
++++ b/lib/fencing.py.py
+@@ -1280,6 +1280,19 @@ def source_env(env_file):
+     os.environ.clear()
+     os.environ.update(line.partition('=')[::2] for line in output.decode("utf-8").split('\0') if not re.match(r"^\s*$", line))
+ 
++def fail_import_if_not_metadata_or_help_action(message, e):
++    args = sys.argv[1:]
++    opts = list(zip(args, args[1:] + [None]))
++    if any(opt in ("-h", "--help", "--action=metadata", "--action=manpage") or (opt in ("-o", "--action") and arg in ("metadata", "manpage")) for opt, arg in opts):
++        return
++    # When no command-line args, input might be from stdin - defer error to let argument validation happen
++    if len(args) == 0:
++        return
++    # Otherwise fail immediately
++    logging.getLogger().name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
++    logging.error("%s: %s", message, str(e))
++    sys.exit(EC_GENERIC_ERROR)
++
+ # Convert array of format [[key1, value1], [key2, value2], ... [keyN, valueN]] to dict, where key is
+ # in format a.b.c.d...z and returned dict has key only z
+ def array_to_dict(array):
diff --git a/fence-agents.spec b/fence-agents.spec
index 2e373c0..53b63e3 100644
--- a/fence-agents.spec
+++ b/fence-agents.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Name: fence-agents
 Summary: Set of unified programs capable of host isolation ("fencing")
 Version: 4.16.0
-Release: 33%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}
+Release: 34%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: https://github.com/ClusterLabs/fence-agents
 Source0: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/f/e/fence-agents/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ Patch23: RHEL-140160-fence_ibm_vpc-set-proxy-when-token-is-expired-as-well.patch
 Patch24: RHEL-155007-fence_openstack-fix-list-action-to-avoid-timeout-with-large-number-of-VMs.patch
 Patch25: RHEL-191488-1-fence_vmware_rest-add-token-based-authentication.patch
 Patch26: RHEL-191488-2-fence_vmware_rest-remove-static-token-option.patch
+Patch27: RHEL-219431-fence_gce-fail-immediately-with-import-error.patch
 
 %global supportedagents amt_ws apc apc_snmp bladecenter brocade cisco_mds cisco_ucs drac5 eaton_snmp emerson eps hpblade ibmblade ibm_powervs ibm_vpc ifmib ilo ilo_moonshot ilo_mp ilo_ssh intelmodular ipdu ipmilan kdump kubevirt lpar mpath nutanix_ahv redfish rhevm rsa rsb sbd scsi vmware_rest vmware_soap wti
 %ifarch x86_64
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ BuildRequires: %{systemd_units}
 %patch -p1 -P 24
 %patch -p1 -P 25
 %patch -p1 -P 26
+%patch -p1 -P 27
 
 # prevent compilation of something that won't get used anyway
 sed -i.orig 's|FENCE_ZVM=1|FENCE_ZVM=0|' configure.ac
@@ -1234,6 +1236,10 @@ are located on corosync cluster nodes.
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 31 2026 Arslan Ahmad <arahmad@redhat.com> - 4.16.0-34
+- fence_gce: fail immediately with import errors
+  Resolves: RHEL-219431
+
 * Fri Jul 31 2026 Arslan Ahmad <arahmad@redhat.com> - 4.16.0-33
 - fence_vmware_rest: add token-based authentication
   Resolves: RHEL-191488