diff --git a/rust-system-deps.spec b/rust-system-deps.spec
index 517cd28..cfd339f 100644
--- a/rust-system-deps.spec
+++ b/rust-system-deps.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Summary:        Declarative dependencies in Cargo.toml
 License:        MIT or ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/system-deps
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Initial patched metadata
+# * bump cfg-expr from 0.8 to 0.9:
+#   https://github.com/gdesmott/system-deps/commit/96d6b9c
+Patch0:         system-deps-fix-metadata.diff
 
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 %if %{__cargo_skip_build}
diff --git a/system-deps-fix-metadata.diff b/system-deps-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3506d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-deps-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- system-deps-3.2.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
++++ system-deps-3.2.0/Cargo.toml	2021-11-15T18:00:26.700680+00:00
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
+ version = "1.0"
+ 
+ [dependencies.cfg-expr]
+-version = "0.8"
++version = "0.9"
+ 
+ [dependencies.heck]
+ version = "0.3"