diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/files/0017-critically-fail-if-post-install-fails.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/files/0017-critically-fail-if-post-install-fails.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05e8ba0cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/files/0017-critically-fail-if-post-install-fails.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 390841ea7870408826fbddacf50f07a70778a22b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adam Duskett <adam.duskett@amarulasolutions.com>
+Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:48:24 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] critically fail if post-install fails
+
+Starting with commit b5fe8a926aeb80e3ce84787e7624685326a2f412,
+DNF5 respects the callback of RPM and no longer fails unless
+RPM reports a failure.
+
+RPM does not report post install failures as critical. However,
+Yocto does expect DNF to fail on post-install failures.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe-core specific]
+Signed-off-by: Adam Duskett <adam.duskett@amarulasolutions.com>
+---
+ lib/rpmscript.cc | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/rpmscript.cc b/lib/rpmscript.cc
+index 97bd8da62..a354d944c 100644
+--- a/lib/rpmscript.cc
++++ b/lib/rpmscript.cc
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static const struct scriptInfo_s scriptInfo[] = {
+ 	RPMSCRIPT_FLAG_CRITICAL, },
+     { RPMSCRIPT_POSTIN, "post", 0,
+ 	RPMTAG_POSTIN, RPMTAG_POSTINPROG, RPMTAG_POSTINFLAGS,
+-	0, },
++	RPMSCRIPT_FLAG_CRITICAL, },
+     { RPMSCRIPT_POSTUN, "postun", 0,
+ 	RPMTAG_POSTUN, RPMTAG_POSTUNPROG, RPMTAG_POSTUNFLAGS,
+ 	0, },
+-- 
+2.55.0
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_6.0.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_6.0.2.bb
index c27f58a0e8..a8f35f87bf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_6.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_6.0.2.bb
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm;protocol=https;branch=rp
            file://0001-tools-elfdeps.cc-Remove-format-module.patch \
            file://0001-macros.in-Set-_pkgverify_level-to-digest-as-RCPM-4.2.patch \
            file://0003-Do-not-install-the-pkgconfig-dependency-generator.patch \
+           file://0017-critically-fail-if-post-install-fails.patch \
            "
 
 PE = "1"