diff --git a/openstack-helm-infra/debian/deb_folder/patches/0026-Update-libvirt-configuration-script-for-Debian.patch b/openstack-helm-infra/debian/deb_folder/patches/0026-Update-libvirt-configuration-script-for-Debian.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..943c155d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack-helm-infra/debian/deb_folder/patches/0026-Update-libvirt-configuration-script-for-Debian.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 06de2b1f1b1de06cda47ffac6577794447e7562b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thales Elero Cervi <thaleselero.cervi@windriver.com>
+Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:19:34 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Update libvirt configuration script for Debian
+
+Update the libvirt.sh template including a conditional check for the
+Linux distribution before setting the kvm device permission and
+ownership.
+This was necessary when the libvirt image was stx-centos based but
+now that it is stx-debian based, the newest package versions for both
+libvirt and qemu rely on Debian systemd [1] to manage the it.
+
+[1] https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/commit/4fc3fa53bfa6e16ceb6cd312f49003839b56144a
+
+Signed-off-by: Thales Elero Cervi <thaleselero.cervi@windriver.com>
+Change-Id: Ib2c3b0cbd0666ffd5dd310103c3f1a75b36c330c
+---
+ libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl b/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
+index c419997e..d8085f5e 100644
+--- a/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
++++ b/libvirt/templates/bin/_libvirt.sh.tpl
+@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ fi
+
+ rm -f /var/run/libvirtd.pid
+
+-if [[ -c /dev/kvm ]]; then
++if [ "$(cat /etc/os-release | grep -w NAME= | grep -w CentOS)" ]; then
++  if [[ -c /dev/kvm ]]; then
+     chmod 660 /dev/kvm
+     chown root:kvm /dev/kvm
++  fi
+ fi
+
+ #Setup Cgroups to use when breaking out of Kubernetes defined groups
+--
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/openstack-helm-infra/debian/deb_folder/patches/series b/openstack-helm-infra/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
index d19e5c63..4067187f 100644
--- a/openstack-helm-infra/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
+++ b/openstack-helm-infra/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 0023-Update-RabbitMQ-probes.patch
 0024-Update-openstack-Ingress-for-networking-api-v1.patch
 0025-Update-templates-syntax-for-fluxcd-helm-v3.patch
+0026-Update-libvirt-configuration-script-for-Debian.patch