diff --git a/containers/ironic/patches/0001-Solve-IPMI-call-issue-results-in-UTF-8-format-error-.patch b/containers/ironic/patches/0001-Solve-IPMI-call-issue-results-in-UTF-8-format-error-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..630495b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/ironic/patches/0001-Solve-IPMI-call-issue-results-in-UTF-8-format-error-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 2f02ca00341d8069292ae9fe2ab3396fe44dac7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alan Bounds <abounds@rackspace.com>
+Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 08:47:08 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Solve IPMI call issue results in UTF-8 format error on
+ ipmitool execution response decoding.
+
+---
+ proliantutils/ilo/ipmi.py | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/proliantutils/ilo/ipmi.py b/proliantutils/ilo/ipmi.py
+index 403ff4b..67176dc 100644
+--- a/proliantutils/ilo/ipmi.py
++++ b/proliantutils/ilo/ipmi.py
+@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def _exec_ipmitool(driver_info, command):
+     out = None
+     try:
+         process = subprocess.Popen(ipmi_cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+-                                   stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
++                                   stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True,
++                                   encoding='utf-8', text=True)
+         out, err = process.communicate()
+         LOG.debug(("IPMI Command output: %(out)s and "
+                    "IPMI Command error: %(err)s and returncode: (code)s"),
+-- 
+2.25.1
diff --git a/containers/ironic/patches/series b/containers/ironic/patches/series
index 442d3e476..457be4259 100644
--- a/containers/ironic/patches/series
+++ b/containers/ironic/patches/series
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 0002_skip_reboot_firmware_update.patch
 0001-storage-controller_mode-update.patch
 0001-pass-along-physical_network-to-neutron-from-the-bare.patch
+0001-Solve-IPMI-call-issue-results-in-UTF-8-format-error-.patch