diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-scons/0001-Revert-a-breaking-change-to-Variables.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-scons/0001-Revert-a-breaking-change-to-Variables.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b11de965c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-scons/0001-Revert-a-breaking-change-to-Variables.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From efa7ab507067e31b71ced010097e6f92cf71030f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mats Wichmann <mats@linux.com>
+Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:21:44 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert a breaking change to Variables()
+
+In 4.11.0, via PR #4875, a saved-Variables file was looked up through
+a File node. This change is (temporarily) reverted due to side effects;
+Variables returns to reading the file directly with open/read.
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/SCons/scons/commit/efa7ab507067e31b71ced010097e6f92cf71030f]
+Signed-off-by: Mats Wichmann <mats@linux.com>
+---
+ SCons/Variables/__init__.py | 12 +++++-------
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/SCons/Variables/__init__.py b/SCons/Variables/__init__.py
+index c8ce37c84..dea36ddd0 100644
+--- a/SCons/Variables/__init__.py
++++ b/SCons/Variables/__init__.py
+@@ -271,20 +271,18 @@ class Variables:
+ 
+         # next set the values specified in any saved-variables script(s)
+         for filename in self.files:
+-            # Resolve the saved-variables file through the File() node so it
+-            # is found in the source directory (or a repository) as well as
+-            # the build directory, e.g. when using a variant dir (issue #816).
+-            node = env.File(filename)
+-            contents = node.get_text_contents()
+-            if contents:
++            # TODO: issue #816 use Node to access saved-variables file?
++            if os.path.exists(filename):
+                 # issue #4645: don't exec directly into values,
+                 #   so we can iterate through for unknown variables.
+                 temp_values = {}
+-                dirname = os.path.split(node.get_abspath())[0]
++                dirname = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(filename))[0]
+                 if dirname:
+                     sys.path.insert(0, dirname)
+                 try:
+                     temp_values['__name__'] = filename
++                    with open(filename) as f:
++                        contents = f.read()
+                     exec(contents, {}, temp_values)
+                 finally:
+                     if dirname:
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-scons_4.11.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-scons_4.11.0.bb
index 585cad271c..491ff4d10f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-scons_4.11.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-scons_4.11.0.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=d903b0b8027f461402bac9b5169b36f7"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-Revert-a-breaking-change-to-Variables.patch"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5ba48f9e2eb6b9178cabdc9893792418e6970c84f43f4b027e4468e20616a89c"
 
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