diff --git a/0001-virtinst-cloudinit-include-empty-meta-data-file.patch b/0001-virtinst-cloudinit-include-empty-meta-data-file.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d8459a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-virtinst-cloudinit-include-empty-meta-data-file.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From ea71cf9a8a4161ce6e19eacf5f0d86d40ab74f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+Message-ID: <ea71cf9a8a4161ce6e19eacf5f0d86d40ab74f23.1767794644.git.phrdina@redhat.com>
+From: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:14:35 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] virtinst: cloudinit: include empty meta-data file
+
+Refactor creation of cloud-init config files introduced a bug where we
+stopped including empty meta-data file.
+
+Introduced-by: 5b2d0997a1d2d213b17c227169da64e2fa7d09a6
+Fixes: https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/issues/975
+Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
+---
+ virtinst/install/cloudinit.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/virtinst/install/cloudinit.py b/virtinst/install/cloudinit.py
+index 3f565f399..b2378fbfa 100644
+--- a/virtinst/install/cloudinit.py
++++ b/virtinst/install/cloudinit.py
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class _CloudInitConfig:
+     def _create_file(self):
+         content = self._content()
+ 
+-        if not content:
++        if content is None:
+             return None
+ 
+         fileobj = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+-- 
+2.52.0
+
diff --git a/virt-manager.spec b/virt-manager.spec
index fd1e83b..87e0022 100644
--- a/virt-manager.spec
+++ b/virt-manager.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Name: virt-manager
 Version: 5.1.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 %global verrel %{version}-%{release}
 
 Summary: Desktop tool for managing virtual machines via libvirt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BuildArch: noarch
 URL: https://virt-manager.org/
 Source0: https://releases.pagure.org/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+Patch1: 0001-virtinst-cloudinit-include-empty-meta-data-file.patch
 
 Requires: virt-manager-common = %{verrel}
 Requires: python3-gobject >= 3.31.3
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ machine).
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2026 Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com> - 5.1.0.3
+- Fix cloud init
+
 * Fri Sep 19 2025 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 5.1.0-2
 - Rebuilt for Python 3.14.0rc3 bytecode