diff --git a/netlabel_tools.spec b/netlabel_tools.spec
index 2e91419..5cde966 100644
--- a/netlabel_tools.spec
+++ b/netlabel_tools.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Summary: Tools to manage the Linux NetLabel subsystem
 Name: netlabel_tools
 Version: 0.30.0
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
-Source: https://github.com/netlabel/netlabel_tools/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL: https://github.com/netlabel/netlabel_tools
+Source: https://github.com/netlabel/netlabel_tools/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: rhbz1683434.patch
 
-Requires: kernel libnl3
+Requires: libnl3
 Requires(post): systemd
 Requires(preun): systemd
 Requires(postun): systemd
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ kernel subsystem.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -64,6 +66,10 @@ make V=1 DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" install
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) /etc/netlabel.rules
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 02 2019 Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> - 0.30.0-8
+- Applied upstream patch to improve netlabel-config error reporting (rhbz #1683434)
+- Removed the kernel dependency (rhbz #1733605)
+
 * Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.30.0-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/rhbz1683434.patch b/rhbz1683434.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8aeae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rhbz1683434.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 578a65904ff6426c01d81826873d27d0af35f355 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
+Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:13:55 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] netlabel_config: better error reporting on load
+
+Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
+---
+ netlabelctl/netlabel-config | 10 ++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/netlabelctl/netlabel-config b/netlabelctl/netlabel-config
+index 717d795..15c74f7 100755
+--- a/netlabelctl/netlabel-config
++++ b/netlabelctl/netlabel-config
+@@ -114,15 +114,21 @@ function nlbl_reset() {
+ # load the NetLabel configuration from the configuration file
+ function nlbl_load() {
+ 	local ret_rc=0
++	local line_num=0
+ 	local line
+ 	while read line; do
++		line_num=$(($line_num + 1))
+ 		# skip comments and blank lines
+ 		echo "$line" | egrep '^#|^$' >& /dev/null && continue
+ 
+ 		# perform the configuration
+-		netlabelctl $line >& /dev/null
++		output=$(netlabelctl $line 2>&1)
+ 		rc=$?
+-		[[ $rc -ne 0 ]] && ret_rc=1
++		if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then
++			ret_rc=1
++			echo "error: line $line_num \"$line\""
++			echo "$output"
++		fi
+ 	done < "$CFG_FILE"
+ 
+ 	return $ret_rc