diff --git a/backport-loader-dont-use-libxml2-deprecated-API.patch b/backport-loader-dont-use-libxml2-deprecated-API.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a466d5c97539f425bc07f309dc502df15cc77fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-loader-dont-use-libxml2-deprecated-API.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From 4491dc18abc832965d152a24845d1059397e2212 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Roman Bogorodskiy <bogorodskiy@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:54:02 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] loader: don't use libxml2 deprecated APIs
+
+Address the following items:
+
+ - Deprecated direct access to buf's content
+ - Mismatching error function signature
+ - Deprecated direct access to ctxt's lastError
+
+Signed-off-by: Roman Bogorodskiy <bogorodskiy@gmail.com>
+---
+ osinfo/osinfo_loader.c | 17 +++++++++--------
+ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c b/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
+index 0a9004af..001fdbe7 100644
+--- a/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
++++ b/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
+@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ osinfo_loader_doc(const char *xpath,
+         xmlXPathFreeObject(obj);
+         OSINFO_LOADER_SET_ERROR(err, "Cannot format stylesheet");
+     }
+-    ret = g_strdup((char *)buf->content);
++    ret = g_strdup((char *)xmlBufferContent(buf));
+ 
+     xmlBufferFree(buf);
+     xmlXPathFreeObject(obj);
+@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ static void osinfo_loader_root(OsinfoLoader *loader,
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+-catchXMLError(void *ctx, const char *msg ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, ...)
++catchXMLError(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
+ {
+     xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlParserCtxtPtr) ctx;
+ 
+@@ -1910,15 +1910,16 @@ catchXMLError(void *ctx, const char *msg ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, ...)
+         GError **err = ctxt->_private;
+         if (!error_is_set(err)) {
+             gchar *xmlmsg;
+-            if (ctxt->lastError.file) {
++            const xmlError *xmlErr = xmlCtxtGetLastError(ctx);
++            if (xmlErr->file) {
+                 xmlmsg = g_strdup_printf("%s:%d: %s",
+-                                         ctxt->lastError.file,
+-                                         ctxt->lastError.line,
+-                                         ctxt->lastError.message);
++                                         xmlErr->file,
++                                         xmlErr->line,
++                                         xmlErr->message);
+             } else {
+                 xmlmsg = g_strdup_printf("at line %d: %s",
+-                                         ctxt->lastError.line,
+-                                         ctxt->lastError.message);
++                                         xmlErr->line,
++                                         xmlErr->message);
+             }
+             OSINFO_LOADER_SET_ERROR(ctxt->_private, xmlmsg);
+             g_free(xmlmsg);
+-- 
+GitLab
+
diff --git a/libosinfo.spec b/libosinfo.spec
index 9308fa9858c1d8e6c79400cf7a581409dce6b293..1fb37e85d4a0ecd680415a8d1656fa6260c1edf8 100644
--- a/libosinfo.spec
+++ b/libosinfo.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 Name: libosinfo
 Version: 1.12.0
-Release: 2
+Release: 3
 Summary: A library for managing OS information for virtualization
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
 URL: https://libosinfo.org/
 Source: https://releases.pagure.org/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Patch0: backport-loader-dont-use-libxml2-deprecated-API.patch
 
 BuildRequires: meson >= 0.49.0
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gio-2.0) >= 2.44
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ sed -i -e 's/zh_Hans/zh_CN/g' po/LINGUAS
 %{_mandir}/man1/osinfo-install-script.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 13 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.12.0-3
+- loader: don't use libxml2 deprecated APIs (upstream #58)
+
 * Mon Nov 11 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.12.0-2
 - add buildrequires for gettext