diff --git a/libica-4.2.3-fips.patch b/libica-4.2.3-fips.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bddfb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libica-4.2.3-fips.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From ee365a11a4acc667c7a726fbdc3447ba550309b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joerg Schmidbauer <jschmidb@de.ibm.com>
+Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:10:22 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fips: use openssl lib context in compute_file_hmac
+
+Before calling any openssl EVP function, libica's own openssl lib ctx
+must be made the current one. This was missing in compute_file_hmac.
+
+Suggested-by: Ingo Franzki <ifranzki@linux.ibm.com>
+Signed-off-by: Joerg Schmidbauer <jschmidb@de.ibm.com>
+---
+ src/fips.c | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/fips.c b/src/fips.c
+index f09dc77..3bbc325 100644
+--- a/src/fips.c
++++ b/src/fips.c
+@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ static int compute_file_hmac(const char *path, void **buf, size_t *hmaclen)
+ 	void *fdata = NULL;
+ 	struct stat fdata_stat;
+ 
++	BEGIN_OPENSSL_LIBCTX(openssl_libctx, rc);
++
+ 	pkey = get_pkey();
+ 	if (!pkey)
+ 		goto end;
+@@ -438,6 +440,7 @@ static int compute_file_hmac(const char *path, void **buf, size_t *hmaclen)
+ 		EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(mdctx);
+ 
+ 	OPENSSL_cleanse(tmp, sizeof(tmp));
++	END_OPENSSL_LIBCTX(rc);
+ 
+ 	return rc;
+ }
diff --git a/libica.spec b/libica.spec
index 38de7aa..8cfa134 100644
--- a/libica.spec
+++ b/libica.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Source0: https://github.com/opencryptoki/%{name}/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{v
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1630582
 # https://github.com/opencryptoki/libica/pull/24
 Patch0: %{name}-4.0.0-annotate.patch
+# https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-9918
+# https//github.com/opencryptoki/libica/commit/ee365a11a4acc667c7a726fbdc3447ba550309b6
+Patch1: %{name}-4.2.3-fips.patch
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel
 BuildRequires: openssl
@@ -107,6 +110,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 27 2023 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> - 4.2.3-2
+- fix selfcheck in FIPS mode (RHEL-9918)
+
 * Thu Sep 21 2023 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> - 4.2.3-1
 - updated to 4.2.3