diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-loader-add-check-for-unknown-file-type.patch b/SOURCES/0001-loader-add-check-for-unknown-file-type.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ae7922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-loader-add-check-for-unknown-file-type.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From d3b1587f7b77b630bae8ab3f4760eda69bd7fe66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 17:36:09 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] loader: add check for unknown file type
+
+So we can provide a meaningful error message in case the provided path
+is not accessible to running process.
+
+e.g: running HOME=/root osinfo-query os we would get
+  `Error loading OS data: Unexpected file type`
+and now we get
+  `Error loading OS data: Can't read path /root/.config/osinfo`
+
+This error was first hit with v2v [0] that was leaking $USER and $HOME
+of root user when osinfo-query as vsdm user with `sudo -c vdsm`. The
+example above is a simple way to show lack of permision of
+osinfo-query to read the root's $HOME.
+
+[0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901423
+
+Related: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902720
+Signed-off-by: Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com>
+---
+ osinfo/osinfo_loader.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c b/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
+index 3f04fa5..96ca6ee 100644
+--- a/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
++++ b/osinfo/osinfo_loader.c
+@@ -2374,6 +2374,11 @@ static void osinfo_loader_find_files(OsinfoLoader *loader,
+         }
+         g_object_unref(ents);
+         g_list_free(children);
++    } else if (type == G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
++        g_autofree gchar *path = g_file_get_path(file);
++        g_autofree gchar *msg = g_strdup_printf("Can't read path %s", path);
++        OSINFO_LOADER_SET_ERROR(&error, msg);
++        g_propagate_error(err, error);
+     } else {
+         OSINFO_LOADER_SET_ERROR(&error, "Unexpected file type");
+         g_propagate_error(err, error);
+-- 
+2.33.1
+
diff --git a/SPECS/libosinfo.spec b/SPECS/libosinfo.spec
index 91c1886..14787e5 100644
--- a/SPECS/libosinfo.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libosinfo.spec
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 Summary: A library for managing OS information for virtualization
 Name: libosinfo
 Version: 1.9.0
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Source: https://releases.pagure.io/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 URL: https://libosinfo.org/
 
 ### Patches ###
+Patch0001: 0001-loader-add-check-for-unknown-file-type.patch
 
 BuildRequires: meson
 BuildRequires: gcc
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ Libraries, includes, etc. to compile with the libosinfo library
 %{_datadir}/vala/vapi/libosinfo-1.0.vapi
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 01 2021 Victor Toso <victortoso@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-4
+- Improve error message on failure to access database due permission
+  Related: rhbz#1942431
+
 * Mon Aug 09 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-3
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ Libraries, includes, etc. to compile with the libosinfo library
 * Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-2
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937
 
-* Wed Feb 02 2021 Fabiano Fidêncio <fidencio@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-1
+* Tue Feb 02 2021 Fabiano Fidêncio <fidencio@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-1
 - Update to 1.9.0 release
 
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.0-6