diff --git a/0001-Enable-USB-controller-and-keyboard-for-aarch64-for-a.patch b/0001-Enable-USB-controller-and-keyboard-for-aarch64-for-a.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08a54bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Enable-USB-controller-and-keyboard-for-aarch64-for-a.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 54789ef242008cf12d651694a2aa8dd29b13ae1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alex Iribarren <Alex.Iribarren@cern.ch>
+Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:36:20 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Enable USB controller and keyboard for aarch64 for all
+ libvirt types
+
+---
+ oz/Guest.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/oz/Guest.py b/oz/Guest.py
+index d0e0f06887c1aa8292c9f66ab1aae2d9d4a25f80..5197067f9e5422e1a21e927cfb7b7972a9d30fcc 100644
+--- a/oz/Guest.py
++++ b/oz/Guest.py
+@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class Guest(object):
+             elif self.mousetype == "usb":
+                 mousedict['type'] = 'tablet'
+             oz.ozutil.lxml_subelement(devices, "input", None, mousedict)
+-            if self.tdl.arch in ["aarch64", "armv7l"] and self.libvirt_type == "kvm":
++            if self.tdl.arch in ["aarch64", "armv7l"]:
+                 # Other arches add a keyboard by default, for historical reasons ARM doesn't
+                 # so we add it here so graphical works and hence we can get debug screenshots RHBZ 1538637
+                 oz.ozutil.lxml_subelement(devices, 'controller', None, {'type': 'usb', 'index': '0'})
+-- 
+2.37.3
+
diff --git a/oz.spec b/oz.spec
index 7897521..1235c6b 100644
--- a/oz.spec
+++ b/oz.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:    oz
 Version: 0.18.1
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 Summary: Library and utilities for automated guest OS installs
 License: LGPLv2
 URL:     http://github.com/clalancette/oz
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Source0: https://github.com/clalancette/%{name}/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{ve
 # https://github.com/clalancette/oz/pull/297
 Patch0: 0001-Revert-Don-t-write-kickstart-so-initial-setup-won-t-.patch
 
+# Upstream patch to enable the usb controller for aarch64
+Patch1: 0001-Enable-USB-controller-and-keyboard-for-aarch64-for-a.patch
+
 BuildArch: noarch
 
 BuildRequires: python3
@@ -89,6 +92,9 @@ fi
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{name}*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 03 2022 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 0.18.1-5
+- Backport upstream patch to enable the USB controller on aarch64
+
 * Fri Jul 22 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.18.1-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild