diff --git a/0018-lib-Print-kernel-utsname-in-debug-output.patch b/0018-lib-Print-kernel-utsname-in-debug-output.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..001dfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0018-lib-Print-kernel-utsname-in-debug-output.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 19c4d1c8b9f278e054594660b5392d6c08a59d8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:52:08 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] lib: Print kernel utsname in debug output
+
+Useful for debugging problems caused by the host kernel.  In
+particular we were looking at a problem with passt creating a user
+namespace but didn't know what exact kernel was being used.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 31fa712aa07190f2c5ed789712b92b4be2d51488)
+---
+ lib/launch.c | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/launch.c b/lib/launch.c
+index b9b76e50..9c44612d 100644
+--- a/lib/launch.c
++++ b/lib/launch.c
+@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
++#include <sys/utsname.h>
+ #include <sys/wait.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <assert.h>
+@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ guestfs_impl_launch (guestfs_h *g)
+     struct backend *b;
+     CLEANUP_FREE char *backend = guestfs_get_backend (g);
+     int mask;
++    struct utsname utsname;
+ 
+     debug (g, "launch: program=%s", g->program);
+     if (STRNEQ (g->identifier, ""))
+@@ -109,6 +111,10 @@ guestfs_impl_launch (guestfs_h *g)
+     if (mask >= 0)
+       debug (g, "launch: umask=0%03o", (unsigned) mask);
+     debug (g, "launch: euid=%ju", (uintmax_t) geteuid ());
++    if (uname (&utsname) == 0)
++      debug (g, "launch: host: %s %s %s %s %s",
++             utsname.sysname, utsname.nodename, utsname.release,
++             utsname.version, utsname.machine);
+   }
+ 
+   /* Launch the appliance. */
diff --git a/0019-daemon-Fix-loongarch64-detection-on-RHEL-9.patch b/0019-daemon-Fix-loongarch64-detection-on-RHEL-9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f9caed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0019-daemon-Fix-loongarch64-detection-on-RHEL-9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From fa1c16528267c89de8a2ecebd44405cbd04fa0ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:36:12 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] daemon: Fix loongarch64 detection on RHEL 9
+
+$ rpm -q file
+file-5.39-16.el9.x86_64
+$ file ./test-data/binaries/bin-loongarch64-dynamic
+./test-data/binaries/bin-loongarch64-dynamic: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, *unknown arch 0x102* version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-loongarch-lp64d.so.1, BuildID[sha1]=7622a1a70bf6e697851ac3790557e1ca686459b5, for GNU/Linux 5.19.0, stripped
+
+Updates: commit 729d6d55ea84494f0398d02450bd29c39c55f0bd
+(cherry picked from commit 4176b2043f6cf65f8f5f4f7d6fa39beb9c0a22c6)
+---
+ daemon/filearch.ml | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/daemon/filearch.ml b/daemon/filearch.ml
+index 7dfc1cb7..e2bd5a2c 100644
+--- a/daemon/filearch.ml
++++ b/daemon/filearch.ml
+@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ and canonical_elf_arch bits endianness elf_arch =
+   )
+   else if substr "LoongArch" then
+     sprintf "loongarch%s" bits
++  else if substr "*unknown arch 0x102*" then (* file command on RHEL 9 *)
++    sprintf "loongarch%s" bits
+   else
+     elf_arch
+ 
diff --git a/copy-patches.sh b/copy-patches.sh
index 99ced47..2a0a714 100755
--- a/copy-patches.sh
+++ b/copy-patches.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -e
 #   ./copy-patches.sh
 
 project=libguestfs
-rhel_version=9.6
+rhel_version=9.7
 
 # Check we're in the right directory.
 if [ ! -f $project.spec ]; then
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 7892311..8d5c901 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Summary:       Access and modify virtual machine disk images
 Name:          libguestfs
 Epoch:         1
 Version:       1.54.0
-Release:       4%{?dist}
+Release:       5%{?dist}
 License:       LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 # Build only for architectures that have a kernel
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Source7:       libguestfs.keyring
 Source8:       copy-patches.sh
 
 # Patches are maintained in the following repository:
-# https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commits/rhel-9.6
+# https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commits/rhel-9.7
 
 # Patches.
 Patch0001:     0001-website-Add-links-for-1.54-and-1.55-download-locatio.patch
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Patch0014:     0014-website-Fix-link-to-latest-development-version.patch
 Patch0015:     0015-RHEL-Disable-unsupported-remote-drive-protocols-RHBZ.patch
 Patch0016:     0016-RHEL-Reject-use-of-libguestfs-winsupport-features-ex.patch
 Patch0017:     0017-daemon-New-command_out-and-sh_out-APIs.patch
+Patch0018:     0018-lib-Print-kernel-utsname-in-debug-output.patch
+Patch0019:     0019-daemon-Fix-loongarch64-detection-on-RHEL-9.patch
 
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool, gettext-devel
 
@@ -1101,6 +1103,10 @@ rm ocaml/html/.gitignore
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 11 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-5
+- Include host kernel information in libguestfs debugging output
+  resolves: RHEL-83025
+
 * Mon Feb 24 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-4
 - Add new APIs to allow command output > 4MB
   resolves: RHEL-80159