diff --git a/0001-support-coreos.config.-and-ignition.config.patch b/0001-support-coreos.config.-and-ignition.config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99b09f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-support-coreos.config.-and-ignition.config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+From 41faa514b2598386c3a0c8a90ebd207e282cd1d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Nguyen <mnguyen@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 12:10:47 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] support coreos.config.* and ignition.config.*
+
+This is backwards compatibility work for spec2x following the changes
+made in #663 to make options more distribution neutral.
+
+ref: https://github.com/coreos/ignition/pull/663
+---
+ internal/providers/cmdline/cmdline.go     | 13 ++++++-------
+ internal/providers/vmware/vmware_amd64.go | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
+ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/internal/providers/cmdline/cmdline.go b/internal/providers/cmdline/cmdline.go
+index 0bdba2d..1a393fb 100644
+--- a/internal/providers/cmdline/cmdline.go
++++ b/internal/providers/cmdline/cmdline.go
+@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import (
+ )
+ 
+ const (
+-	cmdlineUrlFlag = "coreos.config.url"
++	cmdlineUrlFlagLegacy = "coreos.config.url"
++	cmdlineUrlFlag       = "ignition.config.url"
+ )
+ 
+ func FetchConfig(f resource.Fetcher) (types.Config, report.Report, error) {
+@@ -83,12 +84,10 @@ func parseCmdline(cmdline []byte) (url string) {
+ 		parts := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(arg), "=", 2)
+ 		key := parts[0]
+ 
+-		if key != cmdlineUrlFlag {
+-			continue
+-		}
+-
+-		if len(parts) == 2 {
+-			url = parts[1]
++		if key == cmdlineUrlFlagLegacy || key == cmdlineUrlFlag {
++			if len(parts) == 2 {
++				url = parts[1]
++			}
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
+diff --git a/internal/providers/vmware/vmware_amd64.go b/internal/providers/vmware/vmware_amd64.go
+index e26baf0..9c0ffc7 100644
+--- a/internal/providers/vmware/vmware_amd64.go
++++ b/internal/providers/vmware/vmware_amd64.go
+@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ func fetchRawConfig(f resource.Fetcher) (config, error) {
+ 
+ 	var ovfData string
+ 	var ovfEncoding string
++	var ovfDataKey string
++	var ovfEncodingKey string
+ 
+ 	ovfEnv, err := info.String("ovfenv", "")
+ 	if err != nil {
+@@ -65,17 +67,27 @@ func fetchRawConfig(f resource.Fetcher) (config, error) {
+ 			f.Logger.Warning("failed to parse OVF environment: %v. Continuing...", err)
+ 		}
+ 
+-		ovfData = env.Properties["guestinfo.coreos.config.data"]
+-		ovfEncoding = env.Properties["guestinfo.coreos.config.data.encoding"]
++		if _, ok := env.Properties["guestinfo.coreos.config.data"]; ok {
++			ovfDataKey = "guestinfo.coreos.config.data"
++			ovfEncodingKey = "guestinfo.coreos.config.data.encoding"
++		} else if _, ok := env.Properties["guestinfo.ignition.config.data"]; ok {
++			ovfDataKey = "guestinfo.ignition.config.data"
++			ovfEncodingKey = "guestinfo.ignition.config.data.encoding"
++		} else {
++			f.Logger.Debug("failed to find guestinfo ignition properties")
++		}
++
++		ovfData = env.Properties[ovfDataKey]
++		ovfEncoding = env.Properties[ovfEncodingKey]
+ 	}
+ 
+-	data, err := info.String("coreos.config.data", ovfData)
++	data, err := info.String(ovfDataKey[len("guestinfo."):], ovfData)
+ 	if err != nil {
+ 		f.Logger.Debug("failed to fetch config: %v", err)
+ 		return config{}, err
+ 	}
+ 
+-	encoding, err := info.String("coreos.config.data.encoding", ovfEncoding)
++	encoding, err := info.String(ovfEncodingKey[len("guestinfo."):], ovfEncoding)
+ 	if err != nil {
+ 		f.Logger.Debug("failed to fetch config encoding: %v", err)
+ 		return config{}, err
+-- 
+2.19.1
+
diff --git a/ignition.spec b/ignition.spec
index e160eed..22b2608 100644
--- a/ignition.spec
+++ b/ignition.spec
@@ -73,13 +73,15 @@
 
 Name:           ignition
 Version:        0.31.0
-Release:        5.git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
+Release:        6.git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
 Summary:        First boot installer and configuration tool
 License:        ASL 2.0 and BSD
 URL:            https://%{provider_prefix}
 Source0:        https://%{provider_prefix}/archive/%{commit}/%{repo}-%{shortcommit}.tar.gz
 Source1:        https://%{dracutprovider_prefix}/archive/%{dracutcommit}/%{dracutrepo}-%{dracutshortcommit}.tar.gz
 
+Patch0:         0001-support-coreos.config.-and-ignition.config.patch
+
 # For RHEL7 we'll want to specify gopath and list of arches since there is no
 # gopath or go_arches macro.  We'll also want to make sure we pull in golang
 # 1.10 require golang >= 1.10
@@ -334,13 +336,13 @@ This package contains a tool for validating Ignition configurations.
 # setup command reference: http://ftp.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-inside-macros.html
 # unpack source0 and apply patches
 %setup -T -b 0 -q -n %{repo}-%{commit}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 # unpack source1 (dracut modules)
 %setup -T -D -a 1 -q -n %{repo}-%{commit}
 cd %{dracutrepo}-%{dracutcommit}
 mv LICENSE ../LICENSE.dracut
 
-
 %build
 # Set up PWD as a proper import path for go
 mkdir -p src/%{provider}.%{provider_tld}/%{project}
@@ -493,6 +495,9 @@ export GOPATH=%{buildroot}/%{gopath}:$(pwd)/vendor:%{gopath}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 20 2019 Michael Nguyen <mnguyen@redhat.com> - 0.31.0-6.gitf59a653
+- Backport patch for supporting guestinfo.ignition.config.data
+
 * Mon Mar 18 2019 Dusty Mabe <dusty@dustymabe.com> - 0.31.0-5.gitf59a653
 - Use the spec2x branch of ignition-dracut upstream
 - * Since ignition-dracut master has moved to supporting ignition