diff --git a/grub2-s390x-10-keep-network-at-kexec.patch b/grub2-s390x-10-keep-network-at-kexec.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2594fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grub2-s390x-10-keep-network-at-kexec.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Index: grub-2.02/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c
+===================================================================
+--- grub-2.02.orig/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c
++++ grub-2.02/grub-core/loader/emu/linux.c
+@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ grub_linux_boot (void)
+     grub_fatal (N_("Error trying to perform 'systemctl kexec'"));
+ 
+   /* need to check read-only root before resetting hard!? */
+-  grub_printf("Performing 'kexec -e'");
++  grub_printf("Performing 'kexec -e -x'");
+   kexec[1] = "-e";
+-  kexec[2] = NULL;
++  kexec[2] = "-x";
++  kexec[3] = NULL;
+   rc = grub_util_exec(kexec);
+   if ( rc != GRUB_ERR_NONE )
+     grub_fatal (N_("Error trying to directly perform 'kexec -e'."));
diff --git a/grub2.changes b/grub2.changes
index ff70e78..cd75deb 100644
--- a/grub2.changes
+++ b/grub2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 16 09:07:08 UTC 2018 - Thomas.Blume@suse.com
+
+- grub2-emu on s390 keep network during kexec boot (bsc#1089493)
+  * grub2-s390x-10-keep-network-at-kexec.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May  4 08:07:09 UTC 2018 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/grub2.spec b/grub2.spec
index c9ef60b..8bf7f6d 100644
--- a/grub2.spec
+++ b/grub2.spec
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ Patch421:       0002-AUDIT-0-http-boot-tracker-bug.patch
 # check if default entry need to be corrected for updated distributor version 
 # and/or use fallback entry if default kernel entry removed (bsc#1065349)
 Patch430:       grub2-mkconfig-default-entry-correction.patch
+Patch431:       grub2-s390x-10-keep-network-at-kexec.patch
 # Use pkg-config to find Freetype2
 Patch500:       grub2-freetype-pkgconfig.patch
 
@@ -559,6 +560,7 @@ swap partition while in resuming
 %patch420 -p1
 %patch421 -p1
 %patch430 -p1
+%patch431 -p1
 %patch500 -p1
 
 %build