diff --git a/cloud-init.changes b/cloud-init.changes
index c8b83f8..d486e15 100644
--- a/cloud-init.changes
+++ b/cloud-init.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 15 21:40:25 UTC 2016 - rjschwei@suse.com
+
+- Update suseIntegratedHandler.patch (bsc#971275)
+  + Properly handle the package_upgrade configuration option
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  6 10:53:11 UTC 2015 - rjschwei@suse.com
 
diff --git a/suseIntegratedHandler.patch b/suseIntegratedHandler.patch
index e56beb2..2acbeac 100644
--- a/suseIntegratedHandler.patch
+++ b/suseIntegratedHandler.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- /dev/null
 +++ cloudinit/distros/opensuse.py
-@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
 +# vi: ts=4 expandtab
 +#
 +#    Copyright (C) 2014 SUSE LLC
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@
 +        cmd.append('--non-interactive')
 +
 +        # Comand is the operation, such as install
++        if command == 'upgrade':
++            command = 'update'
 +        cmd.append(command)
 +
 +        # args are the arguments to the command, not global options