diff --git a/configs/components/_base-ruby-selinux.rb b/configs/components/_base-ruby-selinux.rb
index 868565ef3..2d30fbd50 100644
--- a/configs/components/_base-ruby-selinux.rb
+++ b/configs/components/_base-ruby-selinux.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 
 pkg.add_source("file://resources/patches/ruby-selinux/selinuxswig_ruby_wrap.patch")
+pkg.add_source("file://resources/patches/ruby-selinux/selinuxswig_ruby_undefining_allocator.patch")
+pkg.add_source("file://resources/patches/ruby-selinux/undefining_allocator_el_7.patch")
 
 # These can be overridden by the including component.
 ruby_version ||= settings[:ruby_version]
@@ -81,6 +83,17 @@
     unless platform.name =~ /^(debian-12|ubuntu-24|fedora-40)/
       steps << "#{platform.patch} --strip=0 --fuzz=0 --ignore-whitespace --no-backup-if-mismatch < ../selinuxswig_ruby_wrap.patch"
     end
+    # EL 7 uses an older version of swig (2.0) so a different patch is needed to
+    # fix warning:undefining the allocator of T_DATA class
+    if platform.name =~ /el-7|redhatfips-7/
+      steps << "#{platform.patch} --strip=0 --fuzz=0 --ignore-whitespace --no-backup-if-mismatch < ../undefining_allocator_el_7.patch"
+    else
+      # Ubuntu 24 & Fedora 40 use a newer swig that already has the fix that's
+      # being patched
+      unless platform.name =~ /^(ubuntu-24|fedora-40)/
+        steps << "#{platform.patch} --strip=0 --fuzz=0 --ignore-whitespace --no-backup-if-mismatch < ../selinuxswig_ruby_undefining_allocator.patch"
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   # libselinux 3.3 is the minimum version we want to build on RHEL 9, but the
diff --git a/resources/patches/ruby-selinux/selinuxswig_ruby_undefining_allocator.patch b/resources/patches/ruby-selinux/selinuxswig_ruby_undefining_allocator.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a141ff8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/patches/ruby-selinux/selinuxswig_ruby_undefining_allocator.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- selinuxswig_ruby_wrap.c.orig	2024-06-11 20:02:30.112707265 +0000
++++ selinuxswig_ruby_wrap.c	2024-06-11 22:34:16.000151780 +0000
+@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@
+     _cSWIG_Pointer = rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, "Pointer", rb_cObject);
+     rb_undef_method(CLASS_OF(_cSWIG_Pointer), "new");
+   }
+-  rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, klass_name, _cSWIG_Pointer);
++  rb_undef_alloc_func(rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, klass_name, _cSWIG_Pointer));
+   free((void *) klass_name);
+ }
diff --git a/resources/patches/ruby-selinux/undefining_allocator_el_7.patch b/resources/patches/ruby-selinux/undefining_allocator_el_7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04b1d93a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/patches/ruby-selinux/undefining_allocator_el_7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- selinuxswig_ruby_wrap_orig.c	2024-06-14 18:03:11.946019756 +0000
++++ selinuxswig_ruby_wrap.c	2024-06-14 18:08:23.057169863 +0000
+@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@
+     _cSWIG_Pointer = rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, "Pointer", rb_cObject);
+     rb_undef_method(CLASS_OF(_cSWIG_Pointer), "new");
+   }
+-  klass = rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, klass_name, _cSWIG_Pointer);
++  rb_undef_alloc_func(rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, klass_name, _cSWIG_Pointer));
+   free((void *) klass_name);
+ }