diff --git a/0001-interpreter-Fix-list-contains-for-Holders-fixes-9020.patch b/0001-interpreter-Fix-list-contains-for-Holders-fixes-9020.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e981784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-interpreter-Fix-list-contains-for-Holders-fixes-9020.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+From 5c87167a34c6ed703444af180fffd8a45a7928ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Mensinger <daniel@mensinger-ka.de>
+Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 17:51:05 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] interpreter: Fix list contains for Holders (fixes #9020
+ #9047)
+
+---
+ mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py |  4 ++--
+ test cases/common/56 array methods/a.txt      |  0
+ test cases/common/56 array methods/b.txt      |  0
+ test cases/common/56 array methods/c.txt      |  0
+ .../common/56 array methods/meson.build       | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
+ 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 test cases/common/56 array methods/a.txt
+ create mode 100644 test cases/common/56 array methods/b.txt
+ create mode 100644 test cases/common/56 array methods/c.txt
+
+diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
+index b8a6d1a0c..115e24be0 100644
+--- a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
+@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ The result of this is undefined and will become a hard error in a future Meson r
+                           posargs: T.List[TYPE_var],
+                           kwargs: TYPE_kwargs) -> T.Union[TYPE_var, InterpreterObject]:
+         if method_name == 'contains':
+-            def check_contains(el: list) -> bool:
++            def check_contains(el: T.List[TYPE_var]) -> bool:
+                 if len(posargs) != 1:
+                     raise InterpreterException('Contains method takes exactly one argument.')
+                 item = posargs[0]
+@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ The result of this is undefined and will become a hard error in a future Meson r
+                     if element == item:
+                         return True
+                 return False
+-            return check_contains(obj)
++            return check_contains([_unholder(x) for x in obj])
+         elif method_name == 'length':
+             return len(obj)
+         elif method_name == 'get':
+diff --git a/test cases/common/56 array methods/a.txt b/test cases/common/56 array methods/a.txt
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..e69de29bb
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/test cases/common/56 array methods/a.txt
+diff --git a/test cases/common/56 array methods/b.txt b/test cases/common/56 array methods/b.txt
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..e69de29bb
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/test cases/common/56 array methods/b.txt
+diff --git a/test cases/common/56 array methods/c.txt b/test cases/common/56 array methods/c.txt
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..e69de29bb
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/test cases/common/56 array methods/c.txt
+diff --git a/test cases/common/56 array methods/meson.build b/test cases/common/56 array methods/meson.build
+index cdda41dbf..99855bce0 100644
+--- a/test cases/common/56 array methods/meson.build	
++++ b/test cases/common/56 array methods/meson.build	
+@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ one = ['abc']
+ two = ['def', 'ghi']
+ combined = [empty, one, two]
+ 
++file_list = files('a.txt', 'b.txt')
++file_a = files('a.txt')
++file_c = files('c.txt')
++
++if file_a[0] != file_list[0]
++  error('Files are not equal')
++endif
++
++if not file_list.contains(file_a[0])
++  error('Contains with ObjectHolder lists does not work')
++endif
++
++if file_list.contains(file_c[0])
++  error('Contains with ObjectHolder lists found non existant object')
++endif
++
+ if empty.contains('abc')
+   error('Empty is not empty.')
+ endif
+@@ -41,6 +57,14 @@ if not combined.contains('abc')
+   error('Combined claims not to contain abc.')
+ endif
+ 
++if not combined.contains(one)
++  error('Combined claims not to contain [abc].')
++endif
++
++if not combined.contains(two)
++  error('Combined claims not to contain [def, ghi].')
++endif
++
+ if not combined.contains('ghi')
+   error('Combined claims not to contain ghi.')
+ endif
+-- 
+2.32.0
+
diff --git a/meson.spec b/meson.spec
index 2efa113..e2a6a6e 100644
--- a/meson.spec
+++ b/meson.spec
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@
 
 Name:           meson
 Version:        0.59.0
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        High productivity build system
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://mesonbuild.com/
 Source:         https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/%{version_no_tilde .}/meson-%{version_no_tilde %{quote:}}.tar.gz
+# interperter: Fix list contains for Holders (fixes bolt test suite)
+# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/9027
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1994006
+Patch0:         0001-interpreter-Fix-list-contains-for-Holders-fixes-9020.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -112,6 +116,9 @@ export MESON_PRINT_TEST_OUTPUT=1
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/com.mesonbuild.install.policy
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 17 2021 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 0.59.0-2
+- Backport PR #9027 to fix a bug that broke some test suites (#1994006)
+
 * Fri Jul 23 2021 Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> - 0.59.0-1
 - new version