diff --git a/drop-initviocons-from-package-list.patch b/drop-initviocons-from-package-list.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..203b14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drop-initviocons-from-package-list.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+References: bsc#1247578
+
+initviocons is no longer maintained. This patch changes the SUSE section
+of the packagelist file and should eventually go upstream.
+
+--- libguestfs-1.56.1/appliance/packagelist.in.orig	2025-08-05 13:57:20.993985224 -0600
++++ libguestfs-1.56.1/appliance/packagelist.in	2025-08-05 13:57:27.041985375 -0600
+@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ ifelse(SUSE,1,
+   dhcp-client
+   glibc-locale
+   gptfdisk
+-  initviocons
+   iproute2
+   iputils
+   ntfsprogs
diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index e29af6d..679bea5 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  5 13:58:45 MDT 2025 - carnold@suse.com
+
+- bsc#1247578 - [glibc2.42] initviocons fails to build
+  drop-initviocons-from-package-list.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 24 10:59:19 MDT 2025 - carnold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index e60a6c3..b559477 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Source101:      README
 # Patches
 Patch1:         use-rtc-driftfix-slew-for-x86-only.patch
 Patch2:         reproducible-builds.patch
+Patch3:         drop-initviocons-from-package-list.patch
 Patch100:       use-fuse3-for-build.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  bison
@@ -346,7 +347,6 @@ BuildRequires:  glibc
 BuildRequires:  gptfdisk
 BuildRequires:  grep
 BuildRequires:  gzip
-BuildRequires:  initviocons
 BuildRequires:  iproute2
 BuildRequires:  jfsutils
 BuildRequires:  ldmtool