diff --git a/rteval-services.py-Fix-SyntaxWarning.patch b/rteval-services.py-Fix-SyntaxWarning.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..160392f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rteval-services.py-Fix-SyntaxWarning.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From e874cc3f757bae50e74af461529179048c1eb4a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 13:38:51 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] rteval: services.py: Fix SyntaxWarning
+
+In services.py we get a SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\('
+using python >= 3.12
+
+Fix this by using a raw string.
+
+Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
+---
+ rteval/sysinfo/services.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/rteval/sysinfo/services.py b/rteval/sysinfo/services.py
+index e98017804841..c3c155354e07 100644
+--- a/rteval/sysinfo/services.py
++++ b/rteval/sysinfo/services.py
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class SystemServices:
+             servicename = os.path.basename(service)
+             if not [1 for p in reject if fnmatch.fnmatch(servicename, p)] \
+                     and os.access(service, os.X_OK):
+-                cmd = f'{getcmdpath("grep")} -qs "\(^\|\W\)status)" {service}'
++                cmd = fr'{getcmdpath("grep")} -qs "\(^\|\W\)status)" {service}'
+                 c = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, encoding='utf-8')
+                 c.wait()
+                 if c.returncode == 0:
+-- 
+2.49.0
+